Psychiatry for Chicago and Illinois professionals.
Writing on the intersection of psychiatric illness and demanding work for Chicago and Illinois professionals — what gets missed, what gets mislabelled, and what is worth taking to a clinician. Educational only, and not a substitute for evaluation.
ADHD & Executive Function
Task initiation, time blindness, prioritization, emotional regulation, and the cost of compensating for years without knowing why it was necessary.
7 articlesSleep & Burnout
Chronic sleep loss, burnout, and shift-work strain in demanding careers — what is normal exhaustion, what is treatable, and when to take it to a clinician.
3 articlesAnxiety & Perfectionism
Anxiety disorders, panic, perfectionism, and the decision fatigue that comes from fear-driven executive control.
6 articlesMood & Depression
Depression, bipolar disorder, sleep disruption, and the exhaustion that gets called burnout — when low mood is the presenting problem.
8 articlesMedication & Treatment
Starting an antidepressant, stimulants for adult ADHD, why a medication stops working, tapering safely, and the side effects people do not raise.
6 articlesPain & Psychiatric Care
Chronic pain, depression, sleep, and opioids — and what it means to be believed about something no test can measure.
5 articlesMental Health & Substance Use
Alcohol, stimulants, cannabis, and prescription medications — assessed alongside mood, attention, and sleep rather than separately from them.
4 articlesSeeking Care
What a psychiatric evaluation involves, when it is worth having one, why capable people find it hard to ask, and the professions where asking is hardest.
15 articlesTrauma & ICU Psychiatric Care
ICU delirium, PTSD after critical illness, and psychiatric recovery in survivors — based on direct experience with severe illness and its aftermath.
4 articlesSerious Mental Illness
Schizophrenia, schizoaffective disorder, and psychosis — employment, treatment, stigma, and what recovery actually looks like.
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