Dr. Ragnar

Dr. Ragnar

Founder, DNP, PMHNP

Dr. Ragnar, DNP, PMHNP. Founder of LiveWell Psychiatry & Men's Health. Sees patients for ADHD, depression, anxiety, addiction, and the long tail after sobriety. Anti-soft-validation, pro-actually-fixing-the-thing. Believes the goal of treatment isn't lifetime management, it's making himself unnecessary. Writes here for the guys who know there's something going on, but haven't figured out how to say it yet.

73 posts by this author · Full LiveWell bio

Conditions · 7 min read

The Difference Between Depression and Just Being Sad

Not every bad day is depression. Not every hard week means you need medication. Sometimes life is just difficult, you feel like shit about it, and that’s a…

Feb 15, 2026
Conditions · 7 min read

Sleep, Stress, and Your Brain

You can’t think your way out of sleep deprivation. You can’t positive-mindset your way through chronic stress. You can’t meditate away what happens to a brain running on…

Feb 14, 2026
Wellness · 7 min read

Weight Management

The weight management conversation got rewritten in the last three years and most people still haven’t caught up. The drugs that did the rewriting are GLP-1 agonists. Semaglutide,…

Feb 14, 2026
Treatment · 7 min read

Therapy for Men Who Think Therapy Is Bullshit

The guys who think therapy is bullshit are not wrong about most of what they’ve been pitched. Their wife dragged them to a couples counselor who used words…

Feb 12, 2026
Treatment · 7 min read

Mood Disorders Treatment

“Mood disorder” is a category, not a diagnosis. Under that umbrella sit unipolar depression, bipolar I, bipolar II, cyclothymia, premenstrual dysphoric disorder, disruptive mood dysregulation in kids, and…

Feb 11, 2026
Treatment · 7 min read

Why “Rock Bottom” Is Bullshit

There’s an idea floating around in addiction and depression circles that goes like this: people have to hit rock bottom before they’ll change. They have to lose the…

Feb 11, 2026
Treatment · 7 min read

Ketamine

Ketamine has been around since 1962, sitting quietly in operating rooms and battlefield medic kits, doing its job as an anesthetic. The depression piece is newer, and the…

Feb 7, 2026
Off Script · 7 min read

The Real Reason You Keep Self-Sabotaging

People sabotage themselves constantly. They get close to success and blow it up. They finally find a good relationship and push the person away. They make six months…

Feb 6, 2026
Wellness · 6 min read

IV Immune Support

The IV drip clinic is the chiropractor of the 2020s. Strip mall storefront, soft lighting, a recliner, a nurse in scrubs, and a thousand-dollar-a-month subscription to feel like…

Feb 1, 2026
Medications · 7 min read

Melatonin

Melatonin is one of the most misunderstood things sold in a drugstore. People take it the way they’d take Benadryl, like a sedative, like a thing that knocks…

Jan 28, 2026