Treatment, plain English.
Therapy types compared, how care actually works, and what to ask a prescriber.
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Terazosin: Sweaty Shirts and Slow Pee
If your ADHD medication helps but you’re changing shirts by lunch, bring up the sweating. Terazosin can enter that conversation, but adding another pill shouldn’t be the entire…
Nov 10, 2026
OCD Treatment
Treatment should help you get your day back from rituals and do the things you’ve been avoiding. Being able to explain OCD better doesn’t help much if it…
Oct 25, 2026
Panic Treatment
Fewer panic attacks are good, but treatment also needs to help you go out again without planning your whole life around the next one. Panic disorder can improve…
Oct 23, 2026
How Long Are You Actually Supposed to Be on This
Feeling better is a reason to review the prescription, not pick your own stopping date. Make the next decision with your history in front of you, and book…
Sep 10, 2026
The Antidepressant Withdrawal Nobody Warned You About
Getting off an antidepressant takes more than “cut it in half and see.” Know what withdrawal can do, get a plan and speak up when it’s going badly.…
Sep 8, 2026
The Sinclair Method: Drinking Without Quitting Drinking
You don’t need a lifetime sobriety pledge to ask for help with drinking. Targeted naltrexone can help some people cut back, but the pill won’t make the decisions…
Sep 5, 2026
Low Dose Ketamine At Home
At-home ketamine is the version of this treatment most people end up actually doing.
Aug 16, 2026
ECT (Electroconvulsive Therapy)
ECT (electroconvulsive therapy, the one with the bad PR from the Jack Nicholson movie) works better than any antidepressant we have, and almost nobody who…
Jun 25, 2026
Involuntary holds: OR/WA specifics
Oregon and Washington don't use the California 5150/5250 numbering, which confuses people who moved up here from the Bay Area expecting that vocabulary.
Jun 10, 2026
MAT (Medication Assisted Treatment)
If you have opioid use disorder, medication is the actual treatment.
Jun 2, 2026
Pharmacogenomic testing for psych meds
GeneSight and the other pharmacogenomic tests (cheek-swab panels that look at your liver-enzyme genetics to suggest which psych medications you'll handle…
Apr 12, 2026
Panic Treatment
A practical guide to treating panic disorder with CBT, interoceptive exposure, medication, and fewer rescue rituals.
Apr 1, 2026