What does the FAA consider "Recurrent, Unmonitored, and untreated" ?

[MegatronFlies81]

Two questions:

Is being on and off an ssri (one time) under the supervision of a psychiatrist an automatic disqualifier?

Is a history of being on two different dosages of the same medication under the supervision of a psychiatrist an automatic disqualifier?

If not, what's the process?

Just trying to get a better understanding of "recurrent, unmonitored and untreated"

 

[WingmanMed]

From your first sentence alone, your condition was not recurrent, unmonitored, or untreated.

To your first two questions: no and no.

Once you've been off antidepressants for 60 days or more:
- If your diagnosis was adjustment disorder and lasted less than 6 months, your application may not require review at all.
- If your diagnosis was anything other than adjustment disorder OR lasted longer than six months, your application will have to be reviewed by the FAA before your certificate can be issued. That will probably take six months or more.

In either case, you will need a well prepared psychiatric evaluation by a board certified psychiatrist that documents your mental health history and current status.

You should also strongly consider working with a consultant or AME who knows the FAA medical certification system well. Preparing your application well BEFORE your AME exam can often shave 3-6 month or longer off you application time.

 

[bbchien]

No. But in another example, I have a guy who had a short episode ten years ago, and a recent one; and so his insistence that his condition isn't "recurrent" will be met with Agency denial. In that instance it has already recurred. The criterion is "Disease that has already recurred or is reasonably thought to be recurrent".

 

[MegatronFlies81]

In that case, can a diagnosis of GAD (and coming off the meds and going back on within months) be considered recurrent? Or does "recurrent" primarily apply to adjustment disorders and short episodes?

 

[bbchien]

....see private email....