Generalized Anxiety Disorder
Articles in this topic explain how Generalized Anxiety Disorder can affect mood, focus, sleep, relationships, medication decisions, and day-to-day care conversations.
Three Months In on an SSRI: What to Expect
If you're reading this, you're probably somewhere between week eight and week twelve on an SSRI, you're trying to figure out whether it's working, and you…
Jun 19, 2026
Pregabalin (Lyrica)
Pregabalin is gabapentin's better-looking, more expensive cousin.
Mar 31, 2026
Klonopin (Clonazepam)
The pitch for Klonopin, the one I hear from prescribers and from the guys who've been on it for years, is that it's the cleaner benzo.
Mar 4, 2026
Xanax (Alprazolam)
I prescribe Xanax rarely, and when I do I usually regret it within six months.
Mar 2, 2026
The Problem with “I Can’t Help It”
"I can't help it" is one of the most common sentences people bring into a psychiatry office, and one of the most expensive things they can say out loud...
Oct 30, 2025
Anxiety Isn’t the Enemy
Anxiety isn't malfunctioning. The wiring is fine.
Oct 29, 2025
Hydroxyzine
Hydroxyzine has been sitting in the pharmacy for sixty years doing useful work, and most prescribers act like it doesn't exist.
Sep 1, 2025
Lorazepam (Ativan)
Ativan has a reputation, and half my new patients walk in with strong feelings about lorazepam before I've said anything.
Aug 24, 2025
Propranolol
Propranolol is a cardiology drug that wandered into psychiatry by accident and stayed because it does one specific thing well.
Aug 3, 2025
Anxiety, Explained
The public conversation about anxiety treatment and the clinical reality have drifted about as far apart as it's possible for two conversations on the…
Jul 7, 2025
Zoloft
Zoloft is the drug I prescribe more than anything else, and the one patients ask the most questions about before they're willing to swallow the first pill.
Jun 13, 2025
The Story I’m Telling Myself Is…
Most people do not get taken out by facts first. They get taken out by what the facts start to mean. You send a text and do not hear back.
Jun 11, 2025