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Freddie
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Omg am I discouraged at this point after reading all the related threads on this topic and some of the FAA documents. So I'm a student pilot who went to a well-respected Senior AME recently (for a consult without submitting the MedExpress application - which has now disappeared somehow?), and was told I have two options:
"1) Need to come off Klonopin and Welbutrin and stay on Lexapro and will need significant testing. OR, 2) come off all three, retest after 60 days and then we should be good to go."
This makes option 2 sound way easier than other posts I've read here. I've been on various anti-depressants long-term since 2009. Klonopin is as-needed for anxiety, infrequently used and can be stopped, but the prescription is there nonetheless. Wellbutrin was for ADD - difficulty focusing at work, been on for about 2 years.
I am willing to try getting off all the meds, but other posts on here make it sound much harder than "retest after 60 days and good to go." I don't want to go through that just to be told that I have to go back on the SSRI and wait another 6 months anyway!
The FAA website makes it sound like I should give up completely as I have an SSRI "rule-out" of history of "Multi-agent drug protocol use (prior use of other psychiatric drugs in conjunction with SSRIs.)" as detailed above.
What should I do? (Other than contact Dr. Bruce, if he doesn't respond on here) Thanks
"1) Need to come off Klonopin and Welbutrin and stay on Lexapro and will need significant testing. OR, 2) come off all three, retest after 60 days and then we should be good to go."
This makes option 2 sound way easier than other posts I've read here. I've been on various anti-depressants long-term since 2009. Klonopin is as-needed for anxiety, infrequently used and can be stopped, but the prescription is there nonetheless. Wellbutrin was for ADD - difficulty focusing at work, been on for about 2 years.
I am willing to try getting off all the meds, but other posts on here make it sound much harder than "retest after 60 days and good to go." I don't want to go through that just to be told that I have to go back on the SSRI and wait another 6 months anyway!
The FAA website makes it sound like I should give up completely as I have an SSRI "rule-out" of history of "Multi-agent drug protocol use (prior use of other psychiatric drugs in conjunction with SSRIs.)" as detailed above.
What should I do? (Other than contact Dr. Bruce, if he doesn't respond on here) Thanks