ADHD and your FAA medical certification

In this video I give an overview of how the FAA handles a history of ADHD when it comes to medical certification. I discuss the brand new (September 2023) FAA Fast Track program for ADHD and how to take advantage of that!

[andrewmaclean]

damn it appears I do not qualify for fast track. Praying I will get that special issuance, I've become completely obsessed with aviation ever since I started flight school and I desperately want to make it my career. This whole medical process is so unbelievably stressful. It's the not knowing that's the worst.

[sugarcan]

In australia never happen need to be clean 6 months

[beckerlegjames]

I was diagnosed with a high functioning form of Autism(ASD) when I was around 12years old. I function at a high level. I do not take any medications for my condition. Is there a possibility that I might be able to qualify in the future for receiving an FAA medical?

[MkPoorsche]

I hope you see this because I am looking for an answer. I was diagnosed as a child in the 90's, but stopped taking meds when I hit puberty because my symptoms more or less disappeared. That was 25 years ago. 2 years ago my GP found out about this history and wanted to try Strattera (a non-stimulant ADHD medication) just to see if it would make any difference. It really didn't make sense to me because I haven't really shown major symptoms since I was pre-pubescent, but I figured what could it hurt right? I stayed on it for a whopping 20 days before I realized I didn't need it and it was doing nothing for me. Is there any way to get around that 20 day period where a GP, not a Psychologist, prescribed me something I didn't even need? I can prove I only took it for 20 days as I still have the bottle in my medicine cabinet and the script was never refilled and my GP would most likely be willing to write a letter to whoever would need to see it explaining what happened, or am I destined to spend thousands on the standard track having testing done or wait two years to clear the 4 year mark?

[majedalsaeed]

I used ADD medication while in the USA but stopped in early 2019. I returned to my home country and have not been back since. How does the FAA handle such cases? Are there specific steps I need to follow for smooth medical certification?

[nk]

What would you say the likelihood of special issuance is with clear misdiagnosis but treatment within 4 years? Also do you have a timeline of issuance or denial after the nueropsychological exam takes place?

[SS-cepy]

Does this information apply to first class medicals?

[KeineAhnung]

Are they really allowed to see into all your medical records?

[Mike-]

80% of ADHD was misdiagnoses because schools used it as a tool to control kids who caused problems for them. They would tell the parents go to this doctor they have a relationship with and have your son checked for ADHD. That doctor usually not even a psychiatrist typically a General practitioner who took a 2-3 day course put on by a drug company who is selling the drugs and kicking back to the doctor. Every child who goes in that office is quickly diagnosed and given a prescription for mild version of legal meth. School is happy, parents are happy eventually kids have side effects like losing too much weight just giving your kids weak version of meth. They quit taking it and 30 years goes by your labeled mentally incompetents by the FAA..