Recent content by ThatWontFly

Maybe the FAA figures its easier to find snacks in the sky than adderall when you really need something to get you back to normal. Never heard of an ADHD coma though Realistically though I'm not sure how much GermanWings has to do with it but I'm not on much of a position to argue otherwise...

For anyone interested this looks like the only internet-available record of the FAA's reasoning behind their decision in 2008 to keep properly medicated ADHD pilots off the runways - it is the Journal of Air Law and Commerce's (SMU) publishing of the details of the Dr. Tyghe Nielsen case in...

Yeah... for anyone with ADHD it's really easy to tell if you forgot... it's not big things, but it's just small things throughout your day... Say you're leaving the house in the morning and you need to grab your keys, wallet, computer, coffee, and lunch, and a non-ADHD people are able to get...

@bbchien Sorry, my posts are still moderated and sometimes it takes a little while for them to be approved. We're both saying the same thing - that use of the medication is a risk per FAA opinion so hopefully I don't give off the impression that I'm attempting to disagree with you and...

Thanks Dr. B, I was wondering if I'd see you in here... @jbarrass did a really good job of nailing the argument I was trying to make; If the pilot is above baseline while unmedicated, and medication improves him even further, what is the issue? The DoD papers seemed to take that stance as well...

It's not your fault, I was the one who got distracted. Please don't tell the FAA... just kidding Congratulations on making the LTC list! And also thanks for the perspective on go pills, between you and @TCABM because it makes it sound like they're not nearly as helpful as what the DoD studies...

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Ahh, it's really common for ADHD to also go along with other conditions - bipolar being one of them - and it isn't uncommon for those diagnosed with bipolar to stop taking their bipolar medication because they think they're better...after all only sadness is a problem, right? That's pretty much...

I've seen it, I've seen ADD people struggle through their day and blame it on forgetting their meds - they take it the next day and they're relieved. Most people with anything more than a mild case of ADHD they can tell when they forgot their meds. Can't say that all kids are the opposite and...

This is definitely an argument for it, but as silly as it sounds I wasn't thinking that was much of a possibility. If your medication worked well for you, why would you stop taking it? There's the obvious situation where you're out of the country for a week and you fly out 2 days before you...

Well said Maybe medical portion was designed by scientologists. That problem is disqualifying but another few thousand bumps gets you to a different person who can clear that...

This sounds like the plot line to A Beautiful Mind, and it's a bit of a stretch to say that it applies to everyone, especially those who believe they are more focused and better organized while doing mundane or tedious tasks that might otherwise be difficult Need is a pretty difficult to...

Yeah, those are the types that tend to give the condition a bad rap... some of those mellow out as they get older. Lot of well medicated people you'd never know have it That kind of reminded me Jimmy, the pilot who runs the youtube channel Jimmy's World - I have a sneaking suspicion that guy...

I see, unfortunately they're the only people who've conducted actual studies on this that I could find

There may be an argument to be made there, but naturally the opposing argument would become diagnosed and properly medicated people are not 'equivalently capable' as people without that diagnosis and I don't think anyone wants to go there haha Too many kids are getting diagnosed with mental...