I'm a 32 y/o with a PPL and 81TT. I got my license when I was 18 and pretty much did not fly again (nothing that could be logged, anyhow). So my currency and medical lapsed.
In January 2011, I was serving as an infantryman in the Army when I voluntarily went to the hospital due to "thoughts I was having". That's literally what I said at the ER desk, "I want to talk to somebody about the thoughts that I'm having." They checked me in and I ended up spending about a week in the psych ward. I found my medical records/notes regarding this event- they state that I was there for adjustment disorder and that I had suicidal ideation, although it also quotes me as saying at the time, "I don't think I would have actually done it." There was never any suicide attempt or even a plan, and the feelings as a whole were driven by external factors (parents got divorced, serious girlfriend cheated on me, and was in the worst/most toxic military unit I'd ever been in all at the same time).
After leaving inpatient, I was prescribed Zoloft for 6-7 months. I took it faithfully until the prescriptions ran out, I successfully completed my outpatient treatment, and I have been on no medications nor seen any psych therapists since that time. That was August 2011. For what it's worth, I've since deployed to Afghanistan for nine months and, after leaving Active Duty, served in the National Guard and been employed full-time with only one employer.
I want to get into professional flying, so I scheduled my Class 1 with an AME. I did my Medxpress form (before I had the records in hand) and I identified this event as "exogenous depression". Other than the exact label, my memory was accurate.
Any idea how this is gonna go? Should I go to the AME as scheduled or should I cancel that one and go directly to a HIMS AME? I have a couple in my area to choose from.
Thanks in advance for your help!
In January 2011, I was serving as an infantryman in the Army when I voluntarily went to the hospital due to "thoughts I was having". That's literally what I said at the ER desk, "I want to talk to somebody about the thoughts that I'm having." They checked me in and I ended up spending about a week in the psych ward. I found my medical records/notes regarding this event- they state that I was there for adjustment disorder and that I had suicidal ideation, although it also quotes me as saying at the time, "I don't think I would have actually done it." There was never any suicide attempt or even a plan, and the feelings as a whole were driven by external factors (parents got divorced, serious girlfriend cheated on me, and was in the worst/most toxic military unit I'd ever been in all at the same time).
After leaving inpatient, I was prescribed Zoloft for 6-7 months. I took it faithfully until the prescriptions ran out, I successfully completed my outpatient treatment, and I have been on no medications nor seen any psych therapists since that time. That was August 2011. For what it's worth, I've since deployed to Afghanistan for nine months and, after leaving Active Duty, served in the National Guard and been employed full-time with only one employer.
I want to get into professional flying, so I scheduled my Class 1 with an AME. I did my Medxpress form (before I had the records in hand) and I identified this event as "exogenous depression". Other than the exact label, my memory was accurate.
Any idea how this is gonna go? Should I go to the AME as scheduled or should I cancel that one and go directly to a HIMS AME? I have a couple in my area to choose from.
Thanks in advance for your help!
