Originally Posted by
Excargodog
Raising the question of who was behind the involuntary hospitalization, not that it matters at this point.
It just amazes me the number of parents who drag their kids in to get diagnoses like ADD and oppositional defiance disorder and the latest psychobabble du jour without thinking what it might do to the person’s long term prospects.
Nobody starts out ASSURED of a career in aviation, but someone put your sibling in an exceedingly deep hole career wise.
My sentiments exactly. I work in healthcare and its an ill kept secret that many conditions are over-diagnosed and medications are over-prescribed. And from the limited research I’ve done, it sucks that the system punishes y’all for an honest and well intentioned effort to deal/cope with the nonsense that goes on in our brains and lives sometimes.
Thanks for the replies. I’ll need to do more research into this matter, but its looking like even getting a personal use license for him to fly around our region is out of the question.