Originally Posted by
hotshot
I found
this website a few days ago while doing some research for a friend of mine. It was started by Dr. Tyghe Nielsen, and the goal of the website is to get the FAA to decide each ADHD medical on a case by case basis. If you read his story it is similar to many of the posts on APC.
I know it's a long shot, but hopefully the FAA will change their policies sometime in the near future.
The FAA already does decide on a case-by-case basis. I had three students that went through the process. In all three cases they had overbearing parents who thought that the fact that they couldn't sit still at age 7 was a problem. That stupid pill is pushed to a ton of parents who's kids never needed it and now that they're growing up they're finding out how much it screwed them.
Hopefully you guys will think twice before doping your kids up because they were being kids.
AOPA has a good medical bureau that helped the two that ended up getting their medicals (one was a First Class). I'd highly suggest spending the $39 on a membership. They have a good list of banned drugs and why they're banned as well.