I'm grounded for life by the FAA due to a history of mental illness. Here's what I would accept: a stipulation/restriction on my medical regarding how often I

I'm grounded for life by the FAA due to a history of mental illness. Here's what I would accept: a stipulation/restriction on my medical regarding how often I go to therapy, when, and maybe even giving the therapist power to ground me temporarily. But it would have to apply to only people like me with that restriction. And that's for a history of depression. I don't really deal with clinical depression now. Instead, the FAA wanted me on antidepressants, with all of their side effects, and I could not justify that. My wife has never known me on antidepressants (we met over a year after I got off), and I don't know how it would affect my marriage. But constant therapy and checks? Yeah, I would take that in a heartbeat. I even grounded myself one day after a night where I had to deal with external problems; I wanted to be safe. IOW, the FAA treats me like a problem; I would love if they treated me as a professional, and I would respond in kind, by being the kind of professional they want.