Dr. Ragnar

Dr. Ragnar

Founder, DNP, PMHNP

Dr. Ragnar, DNP, PMHNP. Founder of LiveWell Psychiatry & Men's Health. Sees patients in Oregon and Washington 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.

277 posts by this author · Practice site & full bio

Clinical profile

Credentials

  • DNP
  • PMHNP-BC
  • NPI 1780403915

Active licenses

  • Oregon 10034127
  • Washington AP61615356

Clinical focus

  • Psychiatry
  • Men's mental health
  • Men's health
  • ADHD
  • Adult ADHD
  • Depression
  • Mood disorders
  • Bipolar disorder
  • Anxiety
  • Panic disorder
  • OCD
  • PTSD
Qelbree (viloxazine)
Medications · 8 min read

Qelbree (viloxazine)

Qelbree is a nonstimulant ADHD medication, which makes it useful for some patients and overmarketed for others.

Feb 2, 2026
Mydayis
Medications · 7 min read

Mydayis

Mydayis is an Adderall XR relative built to release later into the day, which some adults love and others feel lasts too long.

Jan 30, 2026
Dexedrine (dextroamphetamine)
Medications · 6 min read

Dexedrine (dextroamphetamine)

Dexedrine is classic dextroamphetamine: effective, direct, and deserving of both its clinical respect and its cautions.

Jan 28, 2026
Concerta
Medications · 10 min read

Concerta

Concerta is methylphenidate in a long-release form many adults wish all stimulants came in: steadier, longer, and less fiddly.

Jan 25, 2026
Dexmethylphenidate (Focalin)
Medications · 10 min read

Dexmethylphenidate (Focalin)

Dexmethylphenidate is methylphenidate narrowed to the more active isomer. In practice, it's familiar, not exotic.

Jan 23, 2026
Lofexidine (Lucemyra)
Medications · 6 min read

Lofexidine (Lucemyra)

Lofexidine can lower some opioid withdrawal symptoms without being another opioid, but it doesn't treat the whole disorder.

Jan 20, 2026
Methadone
Medications · 7 min read

Methadone

Methadone is one of the most effective medications in addiction medicine and one of the most misunderstood in public life.

Jan 17, 2026
Lemborexant (Dayvigo)
Medications · 5 min read

Lemborexant (Dayvigo)

Lemborexant is a newer insomnia medication that works through orexin signaling instead of simply sedating the brain.

Jan 15, 2026
Ramelteon (Rozerem)
Medications · 5 min read

Ramelteon (Rozerem)

Ramelteon is the sleep medication people often want to be more dramatic than it’s. It isn’t a knockout pill. It isn’t a benzodiazepine. It isn’t a Z-drug pretending…

Jan 12, 2026
Zaleplon (Sonata)
Medications · 5 min read

Zaleplon (Sonata)

Zaleplon is a short sleep medication for falling asleep, not staying asleep. It gets judged unfairly when used for the wrong job.

Jan 10, 2026
Oxazepam (Serax)
Medications · 7 min read

Oxazepam (Serax)

Oxazepam is a slower, less flashy benzodiazepine. That can make it useful when boring is exactly the point.

Jan 7, 2026
Chlordiazepoxide (Librium)
Medications · 5 min read

Chlordiazepoxide (Librium)

Chlordiazepoxide is old, but not irrelevant. It still matters most in alcohol withdrawal and selected anxiety situations.

Jan 4, 2026