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Im an Army reservist, diagnosed with ADHD and given adderrall to treat it by private physician. Does the fact that I take adderrall make me medically disqualified to deploy? I know that it is a disqualifying factor to enter the armed forces, but not found anything on what the deal is with deployments overseas. I know it is very difficult to get adderrall in an environment like that because it requires by law monthly monitoring by a psychiatrist. Plus, I dont function w/o my daily dosage. Can you tell me your thoughts? thank you...
Hi Mark,
Your question is impossible to answer, because there is no "go/no go" listing of what conditions make one ineligible for deployment, and what doesn't.
It's completely up to your unit commander, after receiving advice from your base medical facility. You must report to your unit any chances in your medical condition (such as being prescribed adderral), then it's up to your unit to refer you to your base medical facility for an evaluation.
For more information about the United States Military, feel free to visit my U.S. Military Information Site at: http://usmilitary.about.com Hope this helps!
Rod Powers
http://usmilitary.about.com
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Rod Powers is considered one of the premire experts about U.S. Military career information on the planet. He has more than 30,000 articles about U.S. Military career information on the About.com U.S. Military Careers Information website at: http://usmilitary.about.com. Additionally, he is the author of "ASVAB for Dummies," "ASVAB AFQT for Dummies," (available in Dec 2009), and "Veteran Benefits for Dummies," all published by Wiley Publishing. He is also the author of "Barrons' Guide to Officer Candidate School Tests," published by Barron's Educational Series.
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Rod Powers is a retired Air Force first sergeant, with 23 years of active duty service, 11 of those years as an Air Force First Sergeant. He has helped thousands of military members, recruits, and military applicants since he took over the About.com U.S Military Careers Information site in 1999. He has a reputation for "telling it like it is," so questions may not be answered based on "what you want to hear," but will be answered based of the bast available information, concerning the service/situation.
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Rod is a distinguished graduate of the Air Force Noncommissioned Officers Academy, the Air Force Senior Noncommissioned Officer Academy, and the Air Force First Sergeant Academy. He also holds an Associates Degree in Personnel Administration from the Community College of the Air Force (CCAF).
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