korben88
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I had a few medical issues to clear up, but all should be good now and I hopefully will get my cert on Tuesday so I csn get back to training. ✈
medical is on Tuesday.
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Wishing you luck!
jordane93
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Good luck to you!
Bird Man
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Definitely. Best Wishes to you!
korben88
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Thank you guys. I'm pretty confident that all will be good.
korben88
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Well, all finished. It went well, I ended up getting a deferral but my AME is confident that it will go through the fAA just fine and I should have my certification in a month.
jordane93
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Good to hear!
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Deferral for what condition?
korben88
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I was on an SSRI (lexapro) for more than 6 months. But because I've been off it for more than 60 days, it doesn't require a special issuance, and should go through with no problems.
She said that if I had been on it for less than 6 months she could have just handed me my certificate.
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Mmmmm.... I'm not an AME but you might want to double check with Dr. Bruce Chien on this one. More than 6 months might require additional steps and and documentation. Your AME might have put you in a bind here....
Dr. Bruce wrote the SSRI protocol so he is one of the final words on what's required for a smooth flight to certification.
Dr. Bruce wrote the SSRI protocol so he is one of the final words on what's required for a smooth flight to certification.
korben88
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Thanks for the sage advice, I did in fact have an email conversation with Dr. Chien. .
The additional steps that were required were a letter from my prescribing Dr. explaining the circumstances of my initial prescription and a statement that I wasn't having any ill side effects of being off the medication.
I should add that the original prognosis was "situational depression and anxiety" and not an ongoing or chronic condition.