Originally Posted by BaronPete

Hey rick, I'll go ahead and fill in the gaps so you can get a better picture of what is going on.

When I was 15, I moved away from home to live in Mobile (about three hours from home) to attend the Alabama School of Math and Science. While a senior there, I started struggling with academics about the time that I went through the whole being dumped by your first love bit. Now alot of people who have trouble at school can get away from their issues at 3pm and go home and be with family, but not me. It was in my face 24/7 and my nearest family was 3+ hours away as I stated. Needless to say, my cage was rattled. My pediatricians response was to diagnose me with depression/anxiety and place me on wellbutrin. Things improved and I ended up graduating with flying colors. In spite of this, my pediatrician wanted me to continue taking the meds early into my collegiate career. I came off the meds in the middle of 2005 after having taken them for roughly 1.5 years. I have had no further trouble, am excelling in college, and has been 3+ years since I've been on medication.

Now for the doctor side of things. My pediatrician REFUSES to see me due to my being 21 years old now. At best, he said he can write me a letter stating why I was diagnosed and what was done about it, but I already have that information documented in my medical records, so it's useless. SO, I went to go see an adult physician, she asked me some questions, and ended up handing writing me a letter stating that in her opinion, I was fit to begin flight training due to the fact that I've been problem free for 3+ years as well as being medication free for 3+ years. I later discover that my adult doctor is ALSO an AME, so now I have two different AME's recommendation (The originial AME I saw in Auburn, and my adult physician/AME in my hometown). I placed in the mail: the letter from my local doctor and ALL of my childhood medical records. My AME in Auburn said "it's not a question of if you get your medical, but when" and that he would "go to bat for me". He said it looks like I have enough info to receive clearance, but we'd just have to wait and see.

Based on all that info, whatcha think?

Thanks!

BaronPete