I’ve been taking lessons at my local flight school. I went in for my AME medical certification and was deferred to the FAA.

I was taking Xanax PRN for sleep - no insomnia diagnosis - just stress falling asleep sometimes.

Im new to this and didn’t realize that Xanax was on the automatic deferral list (which, side note, is ridiculous given that the FAA allows Ambien. I’d know since I’m a pharmacist..).

Anyways, does anyone know how long the deferral process can take? I’m reading horror stories of people having to wait 1-2 years for resolution. Any advice to speed things up?