medfly
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- Mar 14, 2006
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Well I thought my flying career was over, but here I am posting on this site. I haven't flown in two years and I'm actually going to school for another career when the possibility for getting another flight job has landed in my lap. (no pun intended)
I always knew I had ADD. It never affected my flying skills but it always made it harder than normal to learn. I always had to work twice as hard as everyone else. Until now. When I made the decision to get out of flying I decide to finally get tested for ADD. Well heck yea... I had a scorching case of it. Now that I'm back in school and on medication, I pick things up quicker, I can concentrate better, and I can recall information better than I did before.
So here is my question. What are the FAA rules regarding ADD medication? If I get an interview should I bring this up? The medication will show in a drug test so how does this affect my medical?
I could go off of the medication and be fine. I would lose the edge that I now have but I functioned before. I could also go off the medication for the medical and if I get hired for that drug screen, but I'm too old to play the lying game and I don't need an ulcer.
I didn't do the search...sorry if there is already a thread out there...well I will b!tch slap myself.
Any advice or input would be great. Thanks,M
I always knew I had ADD. It never affected my flying skills but it always made it harder than normal to learn. I always had to work twice as hard as everyone else. Until now. When I made the decision to get out of flying I decide to finally get tested for ADD. Well heck yea... I had a scorching case of it. Now that I'm back in school and on medication, I pick things up quicker, I can concentrate better, and I can recall information better than I did before.
So here is my question. What are the FAA rules regarding ADD medication? If I get an interview should I bring this up? The medication will show in a drug test so how does this affect my medical?
I could go off of the medication and be fine. I would lose the edge that I now have but I functioned before. I could also go off the medication for the medical and if I get hired for that drug screen, but I'm too old to play the lying game and I don't need an ulcer.
I didn't do the search...sorry if there is already a thread out there...well I will b!tch slap myself.
Any advice or input would be great. Thanks,M