medical question

Unless you are so depressed that you are suicidal _or_ decide to go on
depression meds, I think you're OK. This is a shame since it prevents
those who have mild depression from taking meds.

In any case, it's a bogus diagnoses.

--Dan


Emily wrote:
I've been running a 102 degree fever for the past two weeks and have
been so tired I can barely get to work. Finally made a doctor's
appointment (with a new doctor) today, but wasn't planning on getting in
the same day and had taken Tylenol for the fever...so no fever when I
showed up.

Long story short, he ordered some blood work, but told me he thinks that
I am depressed, since I have fatigue with no fever. He said that if the
blood work comes back normal, he's writing it up as depression.

Obviously he's an idiot, since 1) fatigue has so many other causes and
2) I don't have depression, never have. This is just a bogus diagnosis.

My concern is, if he writes this up in my medical records, do I have to
report it to the FAA? I'm really terrified of this.

Dan wrote:
Unless you are so depressed that you are suicidal _or_ decide to go on
depression meds, I think you're OK. This is a shame since it prevents
those who have mild depression from taking meds.

Thing is, the medical application asks, "Do you have, have ever had, or
ever been diagnosed with?" Forgive my bad grammar and bad recollection
of the question.

In any case, it's a bogus diagnoses.

Well, yes, since I DON'T have it, but this idiot doctor, who has known
me for all of five minutes, decided I do, because I'm tired and he
didn't see a fever (Duh, I took Tylenol, which I told him about).