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06/10/2026

The Chase List isn’t about becoming more productive.
It’s about becoming more intentional.

ADHD brains are vulnerable to BIG. SHINY. LOUD.

If you don’t choose your target —
you’ll chase whatever distracts you next.

A few things that matter.
Close enough to touch.
Specific enough to respect.

Limit the canvas. Finite choices. That’s where the focus lives.

One way to activate the chase when you don’t want to/cant: raise the stakes.

“If I don’t learn this, someone could get hurt.”

That can work.
But don’t summon the anxiety beast too often. Specially if you have an anxiety disorder.

Fear is powerful. It’s just not sustainable.

Move your body. Protect your rest. This is nonnegotiable.

You can’t hyperfocus on empty.
Rest days are just as important —
they’re how you stay in the chase.

Lock-in.
Lock-out.
And be intentional about resting in the lock-out periods.

Trust your chase list.

Lock in. Go.





06/07/2026

ADHD isn’t a weakness.

It’s often a mismatch with the wrong environment.

Most people try to “fix” their focus.

But for many, the real move is finding work that activates it.

If it doesn’t feel like a chase, your brain checks out.

If it does?

You become hard to stop.

The pattern I see clinically, over and over:

ADHD tends to thrive in fast, dynamic, creative, high-feedback environments.

Because different brains perform best under different conditions.

Now, I get it.

Not everyone gets to choose their environment.

Sometimes survival comes first. Bills. Obligations. Family.

That’s not a personal failure. That’s life.

But wherever you have some control?

Don’t just ask:

“What am I good at?”

Ask:

“What kind of environment brings out the best in me?”

Because the right environment can unlock strengths that the wrong one never lets you see.

Follow for more behind-the-scenes psychiatric insights.





06/06/2026

Lithium has a reputation that scares a lot of psychiatry trainees.

Ironically, it’s also one of the most effective treatments in all of psychiatry.

Lithium isn’t perfect.

Neither is Lamictal.

But understanding where each shines—and where each falls short—is what separates memorizing medications from actually treating bipolar disorder.

The real lesson?

The best treatment decisions are usually less about finding the “best” medication and more about matching the right medication to the right patient.

Which side are you on?

🟦 Team Lithium
🟨 Team Lamictal
🤝 Team Both

Follow for evidence-based psychiatry explained without the jargon.

06/04/2026

OCD isn’t just a problem of thoughts.

It’s a problem of what you learn to do with them.

Here’s how the cycle works:

A trigger appears.
An obsession follows.
Anxiety rises.
A compulsion brings relief.

The relief is real.

But every time it happens, your brain learns something:

That thought was important.
That compulsion was necessary.
Do it again next time.

And the loop gets tighter.

This is why ERP (Exposure and Response Prevention) is so effective.

It doesn’t try to eliminate the thought.

It changes what happens after it.

Instead of compulsion → relief, you learn to stop obeying OCD:

I can feel this.
I can tolerate it.
I don’t have to act on it.
And I’ll be okay.

That’s not a small thing.

That’s the whole thing.

One thing most people get wrong about OCD:

It doesn’t always involve visible compulsions.

Some people experience primarily intrusive thoughts, urges, or images.

Others perform compulsions no one can see — mental reviewing, reassurance-seeking, replaying events, or trying to neutralize a thought.

The distress is just as real.

The same learning process is often at work.

And the same treatment principles apply.

What about medication?

Medication can be highly effective — reducing the intensity and frequency of symptoms, and making therapy more accessible.

For many people, the best outcomes come from a combination of medication and ERP.

The goal of treatment isn’t a quiet mind.

It’s a mind you’re no longer afraid of.

If this resonated, share it with someone who might need it.

05/31/2026

What’s the vibe? 🎧

Vol. 1
Different medications.
Different personalities.

Share your experience below 👇

Need ideas for the next reel…
Drop your suggestions + songs to match 🎵




05/30/2026

Psychosis doesn’t always look the way people expect.

Sometimes the signs are subtle.
Sometimes they’re easy to explain away.
And sometimes they’re showing up in someone you care about.

Recognizing it early can make a real difference.

👇 What mental health topic should I cover next?

Follow for practical psychiatry and mental health education.

05/28/2026

POV: You’ve been “high-achieving” your whole life but secretly exhausted the entire time.

A lot of people with ADHD never fail loudly enough to notice it sooner.

Age you got diagnosed (or suspected it) 👇
I’ll go first: 34.





05/26/2026

“Change the input. Change the output. Change your life.”

Fear-based thinking trains the mind to organize around threat and avoidance.

But when you catch yourself avoiding something, that moment becomes data:

What emotion am I reacting to?
What story am I telling myself?
What do I actually need?

Because your mind follows the questions you feed it.

Awareness changes the prompt.
And the prompt changes the direction.





05/24/2026

One of these medications helps people sleep.

The other feels like 3 espressos hit at once.

Both are antipsychotics. 

That’s why psych meds are WAY more nuanced than most people realize.

Abilify and Seroquel are in the same class…
but they’re completely different tools.

Abilify:
→ more activating
→ less weight gain
→ commonly used as a depression add-on

Seroquel:
→ stronger for bipolar depression
→ more sedating
→ better long-term mood stability

Same category.
Completely different experience.

Psychiatry is often less about “best medication”…
and more about matching the tradeoff to the patient.

Which medication matchup should I break down next? 👇

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