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You can't even get treatment with drugs for mental health – even for a PPL. e.g. There's only three old depression drugs that are even considered and those come

You can't even get treatment with drugs for mental health – even for a PPL. e.g. There's only three old depression drugs that are even considered and those come with all kinds FAA caveats and conditions. IMO, there's the stigma, and then there's the FAA discouraging treatment and reporting entirely.

joezydeco 3y ago
It's changing, though. There was an FAA rep at OSH'23 that held a forum and admitted they're not prepared to handle an entire generation of young pilots that were exposed to ADHD medications as children. He's working to change the system but it's going to be a while. There have been some small changes here and there. One example is the fast-track change to ADHD history. From first glances you can skip the CogscreenAE if you've been off the meds for 4 years and pass some other criteria. https://www.faa.gov/ame_guide/media/ADHD_fast_track_eval_general_info.pdf https://www.faa.gov/ame_guide/media/ADHD_fast_track_eval_gen...