Recovery
Everything we have written on Recovery, in one place.
Gabapentin
Gabapentin is the drug American psychiatry is in a quiet relationship with that nobody really wants to talk about publicly. It's prescribed constantly.
Apr 15, 2025
Buspar (buspirone)
Buspar is the anti-anxiety drug I wish more people had heard of, mostly because it’s the answer to a lot of situations where the patient or the prescriber…
Apr 7, 2025
Paxil (paroxetine)
Paxil is the SSRI (selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor, the standard first-line antidepressant class) I almost never start a new patient on, and the…
Apr 5, 2025
Celexa (citalopram)
Celexa is the SSRI (selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor, the standard first-line antidepressant class that boosts serotonin without much else going on)…
Apr 2, 2025
Effexor (venlafaxine)
Effexor is the SNRI (serotonin-norepinephrine reuptake inhibitor, the antidepressant class that hits both serotonin and norepinephrine instead of just…
Mar 31, 2025
Why your psychiatrist is rushed (the 15-min visit)
The 15-minute psychiatric follow-up is the unit of care in most outpatient psychiatry now, and most patients hate it and most psychiatrists hate it too. The reason it…
Mar 28, 2025
Provider type field guide: PA, NP, MD, PhD, LMFT, LCSW
The alphabet soup of mental health providers is genuinely confusing and there's no good reason for the patient to have to figure it out on their own,…
Mar 26, 2025
IV Athletic Recovery
IV recovery is one of those wellness products that works just well enough to keep selling itself.
Mar 19, 2025
AI Therapy Is Not Therapy
The thing guys are calling AI therapy now is usually not Woebot, Wysa, or some mental health startup with a cute mascot and a CBT worksheet engine.
Mar 15, 2025
Why Your Therapist Can’t Fix You
Your therapist can't fix you, and that's actually the news the whole industry is trying not to lead with. Guys come into therapy wanting to be fixed...
Mar 3, 2025
Low Dose Ketamine At Home
At-home ketamine is the version of this treatment most people end up actually doing.
Mar 2, 2025
Adjustment Disorder
Adjustment disorder is the diagnosis most underused in actual practice, which is funny because it's the diagnosis that probably fits half the people who…
Feb 27, 2025