Amphetamines?

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My son (AFROTC) just got to the question on amphetamines. He was “diagnosed” with ADHD (We went to the dr., talked about symptoms, were given a prescription). It was basically because his grades dropped in sophomore year and I panicked. He intermittently took adderall or vyvanse his sophomore year. It had no effect on him, we stopped the medication. Dr. game him is last prescription summer before junior year, but he never took any more. He grades went back up without any intervention and there wasn’t any problem. I don’t remember if we followed up with the dr after. My son never had an IEP, 504, or any accommodations.
So how does he put this on his medical form and where do we go from here?
Thanks!
 
He indicates that he was diagnosed with ADHD and took medications for a period of time. He also mentions there were no accommodations and how long he has been off them. He will probably be DQed but may get a waiver.
 
kinnem said:
He indicates that he was diagnosed with ADHD and took medications for a period of time. He also mentions there were no accommodations and how long he has been off them. He will probably be DQed but may get a waiver.
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Do you mean "may get a waiver" as in it is unlikely? He is nearly to the 24 months off all medication. Thanks!
 
NYmom said:
kinnem said:
He indicates that he was diagnosed with ADHD and took medications for a period of time. He also mentions there were no accommodations and how long he has been off them. He will probably be DQed but may get a waiver.
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Do you mean "may get a waiver" as in it is unlikely? He is nearly to the 24 months off all medication. Thanks!
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There is no negative or positive connotation on 'may get a waiver'. Every case is person to person so Kinnem is unable to give you a specific answer. Just put everything you have into gettingthe waiver but don't get too stoked until you have that qualified come across.
 
NYmom said:
kinnem said:
He indicates that he was diagnosed with ADHD and took medications for a period of time. He also mentions there were no accommodations and how long he has been off them. He will probably be DQed but may get a waiver.
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Do you mean "may get a waiver" as in it is unlikely? He is nearly to the 24 months off all medication. Thanks!
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I think he means, you may get a waiver or you may not get a waiver. No one here can tell you with 100% accuracy if he will get a waiver
 
May as in may or may not, as mentioned above. Each case is treated individually so I have no idea exactly what would happen other than a DQ is highl probable. Almost only counts in horseshoes and hand grenades.
 
It’s imperative that you do not take on the role of deciding if it’s important enough to report it or not. IOW, tell the truth. Be honest. The ramifications later on for NOT being honest can be much greater than being upfront in the first place. Unfortunately, whether you think it was a proper diagnosis/course of treatment has little bearing on DoDMRB and the waiver process. And as already stated, no one can know what will happen in your specific case. You will just have to work through the process.
 
Thanks all.
kinnem said:
May as in may or may not, as mentioned above. Each case is treated individually so I have no idea exactly what would happen other than a DQ is highl probable. Almost only counts in horseshoes and hand grenades.
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Yes, I know. Just making sure I wasn't misreading. Is there anything I should be doing at this point? Gathering records? Speaking to doctors? Getting letters?
 
NYmom said:
Thanks all.

Yes, I know. Just making sure I wasn't misreading. Is there anything I should be doing at this point? Gathering records? Speaking to doctors? Getting letters?
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One thing you can do for sure is make sure everything is buttoned up with DS’s doctor. That there aren’t “open issues” or unresolved items in his medical diagnosis/records. Other will have additional ideas, but that was one thing we had to do. In our case, DS had seen a DR for an injury, had received a verbal “all clear”, but that wasn’t in the records. So we had to go back basically to have the dr say “yep, looks good! XXX has resolved”, even though he had returned to participation for a full season.

Especially if DS was prescribed meds, and stopped taking them on his own, I would think perhaps the issue may still be left ‘open’ with DR?
 
justdoit19 said:
One thing you can do for sure is make sure everything is buttoned up with DS’s doctor. That there aren’t “open issues” or unresolved items in his medical diagnosis/records.

Especially if DS was prescribed meds, and stopped taking them on his own, I would think perhaps the issue may still be left ‘open’ with DR?
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Thanks. Just requested medical records to go over ourselves. Not sure if we "closed out".
 
Just spoke to pediatrician and he has in his chart that medication was discontinued April 2017. That's 24 months. Hope that does it.
 
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