Tome medidas e faça o seu trabalho de casa ANTES de se candidatar ao seu médico através da FAA MedXPress!
Sugiro que você discuta suas preocupações com um Médico legista de aviação qualificado ou com antecedência, supondo que você seja um membro, com Serviços médicos e jurídicos da AOPA . A AOPA tem uma excelente lista de recursos em condições de saúde que podem afetar a certificação .
Como um possível histórico de aconselhamento pode se qualificar como tratamento, considere o álcool e abuso de drogas diretrizes. Observe a frase abstinência completa.
1. To be considered for medical certification, you should write to the FAA, stating that you have completed at least one full year of recovery with evidence of complete abstinence after being treated for drug or alcohol abuse. Although the Part 67 regulations require that there be a sustained period of abstinence of no less than the preceding two years, pilots may be considered for recertification as early as one year after successful treatment with appropriate documentation.
2. The FAA will require the following:
a. Your complete treatment records and discharge summaries.
b. An evaluation conducted by a professional who has had training in diagnosis and/or treatment of addictions. These professionals include substance abuse counselors, psychologists or psychiatrists, other physicians with training in addictive disorders, or members of the American Society of Addiction Medicine (ASAM). (A psychiatric and psychological evaluation may be required if the initial evaluation is inconclusive).
c. Evidence of successful completion of an inpatient or intensive outpatient program with a documented commitment to abstinence.
d. Participation in an acceptable aftercare program consisting of individual and group counseling sessions for at least 12 months.
e. Establishment of a monitoring system that includes a physician with expertise in substance abuse disorders, and
f. Additional monitoring reports from employers, family physicians, or others, as well as alcohol testing when indicated.
A seção saúde mental tem uma página em ADD / ADHD . Resumo trecho é abaixo.
Because of the potential for significant underlying psychiatric or psychological problems and the side effects of medications, the FAA does not currently allow medical certification for a diagnosis of ADD/ADHD requiring the use of medication.
For medical certification consideration, you will need to have discontinued all psychoactive medications for at least the preceding 90 days. After being off the medications for 90 days, a neuropsychological evaluation should be conducted. The neuropsychological evaluation must also include the following three tests:
- Trail Making Test
- Wisconsin Card Sorting Test
- Paced Auditory Serial Addition Test (PASAT)
If the airman is an adult who has been prescribed one of the stimulant-type drugs for ADD, but has not been diagnosed with the disorder, the medications will have to be discontinued for three days before undergoing the neuropsychological evaluation noted above.
Como você pode ter um histórico de tratamento com antidepressivos devido à prescrição passada, o saúde mental seção tem uma página em emissão especial para depressão com uso de antidepressivo . Trecho resumido abaixo, com ênfase no original.
Effective April 5, 2010, the FAA began considering individuals for special issuance medical certification who are being treated for depression with one of four specific antidepressant medications. All classes of medical certification will be considered, but individuals who are granted a special-issuance medical certificate under this policy may take only one type of antidepressant medication limited to the following four medications: Fluoxetine (Prozac), Sertraline (Zoloft), Citalopram (Celexa), or Escitalopram (Lexapro). All these medications are SSRIs, antidepressants that help restore the balance of serotonin, a naturally occurring chemical substance found in the brain.
Increasingly accepted and prevalently used, these four antidepressants may be used safely in appropriate cases with proper oversight and have fewer side effects than previous generations of antidepressants. While the focus of this policy statement is on individuals being treated for depression, the FAA realizes that these four medications may be used to treat conditions other than depression. It should be noted, therefore, that, in all instances, the FAA will continue to consider applicants and make determinations on a case-by-case basis under the special-issuance process just as it always has.
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No regulatory changes are being made under this policy. Further, the FAA continues to believe that applicants requiring use of multiple antidepressant medications or use of any other psychotropic medication in conjunction with any one of the four specified in this policy will not meet the criteria set forth under this policy. The use of psychotropic medication continues to be disqualifying under the medical standards and special-issuance certification will be granted only after thorough analysis of each individual case presented and only when appropriate conditions and limitations are in place so that the applicant may safely be permitted to operate an aircraft. It should be noted that as new information becomes available and recommendations from the medical community change it may be necessary for the FAA to again revise its policy.