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Good evening y’all! So I’m currently a junior in college and and e-4 in the army national guard. As a kid I was diagnosed with ADD/ADHD, but have not taken or been prescribed medication since 2014. I am also already in the military and have been for 3 years. Though recently I have noticed I am always done last with everything I do, and every thing takes me longer then most other people. weather it’s in class work, doing homework at home or even shit like doing the dishes and folding laundry. So my question is if I got re prescribed medication, would that adversely affect my career? I would like to commission after ROTC and go aviation, or plan b go to OCS/WOCS for aviation after graduation. I have heard mixed things some people say that adhd is the death to all military careers, but then I know people who are currently in and prescribed medication to manage ADHD. Thank you for your time, I hope to hear back soon!
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I’m not 100% sure but If you are on medication for ADD/ADHD then you’ll be medically disqualified. Don’t quote me on that tho
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understandable, honestly its just something I'm thinking about while avoiding schoolwork. If I do wind up looking into it I will be 100% sure to dot my I's and cross my T's. when you say disqualify do you mean from aviation school, or the Army in general. I have already taken and passed both my sift and flight physical.
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SPC (Join to see) Aviation, not Army. But there’s always the possibility of getting a waiver for it. You’ll get all the correct answers after speaking with a flight surgeon.
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SPC (Join to see) Aviation, not Army. But there’s always the possibility of getting a waiver for it. You’ll get all the correct answers after speaking with a flight surgeon.
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I was given Ritalin during grade school because my mother believed I had problems in school for a lack of motivation. I took it for years without ever actually being medically diagnosed and during MEPS the Doc was on his way to saying "better luck next time" after he reviewed the notes. The only thing that saved me was innocently bringing up the fact I had a 3.9 GPA in college that made him change his mind. It was more or less "proof" that I had grown out of it (or never had it in the first place). IIRC, if I did not have any college to speak of, I would've been required to see a medical professional to get evaluated to determine whether I still had issues with ADD/ADHD... and this was just to JOIN the Army.
I'm assuming you have lots of medical records documenting your history with ADD/ADHD and taking medication, which coupled with not having been on meds for 5+ years when you enlisted helped them make an informed decision on your medical readiness. You mentioned in another post you've also passed a flight physical, which is actually a very important step to make, because according to AR 40-501, Ch. 4-29(q), ADHD is listed as potential disqualification with current or previous history. Is this something that was brought up during your flight physical or was it annotated on your DD Form 2808 (Report of Medical Examination) when you filled it out? I'm assuming (as previously mentioned) documentation and time off the meds got you a waiver?
I'm assuming you have lots of medical records documenting your history with ADD/ADHD and taking medication, which coupled with not having been on meds for 5+ years when you enlisted helped them make an informed decision on your medical readiness. You mentioned in another post you've also passed a flight physical, which is actually a very important step to make, because according to AR 40-501, Ch. 4-29(q), ADHD is listed as potential disqualification with current or previous history. Is this something that was brought up during your flight physical or was it annotated on your DD Form 2808 (Report of Medical Examination) when you filled it out? I'm assuming (as previously mentioned) documentation and time off the meds got you a waiver?
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