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I would only disagree with your penultimate sentence. There are certainly some career fields where diagnosed mental health conditions could have negative conseq

I would only disagree with your penultimate sentence. There are certainly some career fields where diagnosed mental health conditions could have negative consequences for your career; specifically I'm thinking of members enrolled in PRP. But my understanding is that a diagnosis of anxiety or ADHD is not a career killer and will not usually result in a medical discharge. Getting access to care still requires jumping through a lot of hoops but I wouldn't want to discourage anyone that's considering enlisting or commissioning to avoid doing so if they think they might receive a diagnosis later in life. My experience is entirely limited to the Air Force though and different branches might have different restrictions that I'm unaware of.

xethos 2y ago
Per the article, past use of ADHD meds can absolutely prevent someone from signing up > Multiple recruiters on the ground, from different services and locations, are more blunt in their assessments. They say Genesis has ended an applicant’s ability to gloss over or knowingly ignore minor medical issues, such as past use of ADHD meds or inhalers, before signing up. and a second quote without the disqualifier "ADHD meds", instead pointing to just mental health causes like ADHD or depression > That makes it harder, some recruiters say, to squeeze applicants through despite past maladies they did not disclose — such as ADHD, depression or a years-old broken bone. Recruiting numbers suffer as a result. Previously, such applicants could enlist if they concealed, or genuinely had forgotten about, these issues.
oooyay 2y ago
> But my understanding is that a diagnosis of anxiety or ADHD is not a career killer and will not usually result in a medical discharge. I was in the Marines. In general, you cannot be lifelong dependent on medication. If you are, then you must be medically separated out or are ineligible to join. I always understood that this is the same standard that MEPS enforces. The Air Force has a lot of luxuries that other branches don't have but I don't see MEPS using different standards for different branches.

xethos 2y ago

Per the article, past use of ADHD meds can absolutely prevent someone from signing up > Multiple recruiters on the ground, from different services and locations, are more blunt in their assessments. They say Genesis has ended an applicant’s ability to gloss over or knowingly ignore minor medical issues, such as past use of ADHD meds or inhalers, before signing up. and a second quote without the disqualifier "ADHD meds", instead pointing to just mental health causes like ADHD or depression > That makes it harder, some recruiters say, to squeeze applicants through despite past maladies they did not disclose — such as ADHD, depression or a years-old broken bone. Recruiting numbers suffer as a result. Previously, such applicants could enlist if they concealed, or genuinely had forgotten about, these issues.

oooyay 2y ago

> But my understanding is that a diagnosis of anxiety or ADHD is not a career killer and will not usually result in a medical discharge. I was in the Marines. In general, you cannot be lifelong dependent on medication. If you are, then you must be medically separated out or are ineligible to join. I always understood that this is the same standard that MEPS enforces. The Air Force has a lot of luxuries that other branches don't have but I don't see MEPS using different standards for different branches.