ADD a d/q?

[DD214_DOC]

I was dx with adult ADD and give a rx for Adderall. I am a second-year HPSP and was wondering how this will affect things, if at all. Will I be boarded and possible d/q because of it?

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[Homunculus]

I was dx with adult ADD and give a rx for Adderall. I am a second-year HPSP and was wondering how this will affect things, if at all. Will I be boarded and possible d/q because of it?

if it were only that easy.

--your friendly neighborhood non-medicated ADHD caveman

 

[DD214_DOC]

if it were only that easy.

--your friendly neighborhood non-medicated ADHD caveman

So apparently I have nothing to worry about? I know I have to report it so if I get a drug test they won't think I'm taking amphetamines illegally.

 

[tulane06]

So apparently I have nothing to worry about? I know I have to report it so if I get a drug test they won't think I'm taking amphetamines illegally.

It would definitely be a DQ if you were taking the drug when you first applied and took your physical, but now that they've invested in you it's not that likely they would just throw you out. I'm not 100% sure though.

 

[DD214_DOC]

I read conflicting things so I will ask this too. Do I have to report this immediately, or wait until I get the annual thing? We do have a thing in MODS to update our medical status.

 

[DD214_DOC]

I read AR 40-501, I think paragraph 29 section a or somethign like that. If I read it right, it basically says that if I have demonstrated a period of "academic success" while NOT on medication then it doesn't matter.

If I got through MSI while having ADD and sleep apnea, they'd be stupid to kick me out now. My grades aren't great, obviously, because of it, but I DID still make it through.

Maybe I should send my stanford-binet results or something to show I can deal with it 😛

 

[alpha62]

Yeah, and AR 40-501 says you gotta have all your limbs in a combat zone, or least start out with all 4 but we all know that's no written in stone.

they'll do what ever they want. The regs are only there to be selectively enforced depending on who is on the **** list with them that week.

 

[edmadison]

I read AR 40-501, I think paragraph 29 section a or somethign like that. If I read it right, it basically says that if I have demonstrated a period of "academic success" while NOT on medication then it doesn't matter.

If I got through MSI while having ADD and sleep apnea, they'd be stupid to kick me out now. My grades aren't great, obviously, because of it, but I DID still make it through.

Maybe I should send my stanford-binet results or something to show I can deal with it 😛

That paragraph you cite (2-27 actually) applies to appointment standards NOT retention standards. Unfortunately, I cannot find anything in Chapter 3 (retention standards) about behavioral/learing issues. Usually, retention for behavioral/psych issues is done through administrative rather than medical processes. I think you'll be OK, but I'm not sure. I wouldn't be inclined to bring it up unless specifically asked about it (at least until my next physical). You don't want to forfeit your scholarship.

Ed

 

[a1qwerty55]

That paragraph you cite (2-27 actually) applies to appointment standards NOT retention standards. Unfortunately, I cannot find anything in Chapter 3 (retention standards) about behavioral/learing issues. Usually, retention for behavioral/psych issues is done through administrative rather than medical processes. I think you'll be OK, but I'm not sure. I wouldn't be inclined to bring it up unless specifically asked about it (at least until my next physical). You don't want to forfeit your scholarship.

Ed

Retention standards are always more liberal that appointment standards. Essentially once you are in, you really have to be pretty broken to get MEB'd out as a doc. ADHD isn't going to get you kicked out, nor will Depression, Bipolar disorder, Narcolepsy and a myriad of other conditions so long as they are manageable.

I had a coworker who was one step away from a motorized wheelchair, and he kept on trucking and getting his bonuses.

 

[rotatores]

You're fine!

I can only imagine how this would impact retention if we only had to get diagnosed with ADHD to get boarded!

Rotatores
PGY-2 Pediatrics

 

[73BARMYPgsp]

You're fine!

I can only imagine how this would impact retention if we only had to get diagnosed with ADHD to get boarded!

Rotatores
PGY-2 Pediatrics

Agreed. I have some experience with Army Mental Health and Chapters. ADHD is no big deal, and the main reason is, it's manageable. The main issue seems to be "if we don't have the medications you need down range, then you are out." Those are generally anti-psychotics and mood stabilizers.

 

[SF Doc]

You don't have to mention it until you are asked.

If you get a drug test, present the RX and you are fine....I have alot of patients on amphetimines...got any extra?

 

[alpha62]

I don't know what's going on in OBC these days, but I think a casual look around the room during a protracted death by power point presentation should unmask a number of your squirming fellow travelers.

Check it out, see for yourself.

 

[DD214_DOC]

You don't have to mention it until you are asked.

If you get a drug test, present the RX and you are fine....I have alot of patients on amphetimines...got any extra?

Funny thing is, so far they're not extremely effective for me. I was up to 45mg adderall XR and it would only work for about 5-6 hours. 15 mg no effect, 30mg wasn't too bad.

Was switched to methylphenidate Concerta 36mg (or is it 37?) with no effect. Supplemented after about 10 hours with a 10mg Ritalin IR. Made me feel tingly but other than that, nada.

So far the methylphenidate did about what the 15mg XR did -- made me sleepy.

I bet I'm one of the lucky few who can't be treated with anything.