Antidepressants and 3rd Class Medical

In a previous article, "Ron Natalie" said:
To re-obtain your certificate, you
would require a six-month evaluation without a medication.

90 days in most cases.

It took me nearly a year. First, I took the Welbutrin for a couple of
months. Then I stopped just before Sun n Fun last year. I asked the FAA
medical expert there and he said I had to wait 6 months before I could
reapply. So I did. And then it took them about 4 months with several
followup questionaires and requests for further information from my doctor
and my therapist to process the reapplication. I got it back just before
Sun n Fun this year, and it's a special issuance only good until August
this year.

However, after starting the reapplication process, I realized that I could
take dual without a medical, so I started on (and recently finished) my
instrument rating.


--
Paul Tomblin , not speaking for anybody
"Imagine if every Thursday your shoes exploded if you tied them the
usual way. This happens to us all the time with computers, and nobody
thinks of complaining."