Posted by detroitpistons on July 20, 2006, at 15:37:31
I just need to vent...
I have had terrible luck with my career/jobs so far. Besides the bad circumstances that I've been placed in, I don't particularly like what I do. I've been diagnosed with ADHD also. It seems like I'm not very good at things which don't interest me, MUCH MORE THAT THE AVERAGE PERSON. If I'm bad at something and I don't get much satisfaction from it and I don't have much interest in it, the results are usually bad in one way or another. You may say that this is the case with most people, but it isn't true for everybody. In fact, most people I know are successful at jobs that they just consider paychecks. I on the other hand have a really, really low tolerance for jobs that I don't particularly like. Career issues have caused me a lot of problems and have triggered 3 major depressions in the past 4 yrs.
Recently, I found something that I had never thought of before, but that would fit me perfectly in every respect...flying.
I started researching flght schools and just informing myself in general. I was about to schedule a couple preliminary flights. I was so excited to finally have found something with some promise.
But then I went from happy and hopeful to completely crushed...You can't fly if you're on antidepressants or if you have anything in your medical history which indicates a bipolar disorder. I guess I'm somewhere on the bipolar spectrum, but I'm not completely convinced of that.
Depending on what's on my medical records, I still may be able to get certified as long as I get a letter from a doctor stating that I've been off meds for at least 90 days and the condition has resolved. I'm currently on meds though, so I'd have to quit Lamictal and Effexor...But if at some point in the future I need meds again (which is very likely), I wouldn't be able to fly.
I am absolutely devastated right now.
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