Gah!!! im not happy with my recruiter

Just a quick, minor correction BD, -----
For most loads, the upper weight limit is 80,000 pounds.
To haul more than that usually requires special permitting.
If a driver is loaded to 90,000 lbs., it's not likely they'll want
to roll through an open scale house (chicken coop). They'd be gettin'
an Over Gross citation for the additional 10,000 lbs.

Not that that changes the point of your post.
It doesn't.
Just an FYI.

 

I am an RN and I do not believe "anxiety" is a legit DSM IV diagnosis. I actually did not use profanity I actually said c r a p. I don't believe in ADHD either. The American mental health community is one of no personal responsibility. You are right about the SSRI's, but you know as well as I do they do not help you sleep and it was NOT what the original posted was speaking of. She asked a clear question about a specific CLASS of drugs and you KNOW that so stop trying to bone me to look smart.
I am a MR. btw and honestly I do look down on you. If the shoe fits. If you can't get through daily life without drugs (legal or otherwise) you might want to consider another line of work. I am sick of supporting losers who have "anxiety" and ADHD and can't work or can't do this or that without enough Klonopin or Xanax daily to kill a small town NOT to mention here in Maine "we" the working public usually have to buy their drugs for them with medicaid moneys. So.....you know what they say about the #### and opinions. You have yours and I have mine, but my opinion will not KILL anyone on the road.

 

Black Dog most people do not understand until they experience it so I cannot hold that against you. However being a medical professional I am blown away by your views. As an RN I don't see how you can hold a job if you look down on anyone for any medical condition. You are supposed to be the educated person that is not ignorant.

I am not trying to bone you but you said ALL anxiety drugs have a sedative effect...if you need to make such a BOLD statement why should I not call you out? As an RN your drug knowledge might not be all that extensive. Again not your fault, but I would like to think you would educate yourself before making such remarks. ERs are full of addicts but you can hardly base your views on this...Otherwise you would have to think headaches and back pain are just a made up condition for people to stay high on opiates.

 

Well, the package insert for the benzos DOES SAY do not take if operating heavy machinery. I currently work in a pharmacy as a technician and looking to get out of it.

Before anyone asks, even if I switch in the current economy, I will still make the same in a truck than in a pharmacy. Only difference is in the pharmacy people seem to like to blame the pharmacy for all their problems. Daily, I get people saying, "my doctor said he called it in!" Nope, we didnt get it, sorry. All because the PA at the doctor's office was too busy to call it in or fax it right at that moment. Not to mention the phones ringing off the hook so you cannot do your job and some customer comes in to complain that their precription isn't ready. Trade all that in for being alone on the road, you betcha, especially with no family.

 

Go grab a box of Benadryl off the shelf...it also has the same warning. Drug effects are individual and based off how your body deals with the chemical, and the dose of it.

 

In all fairness and to rule out any self-made doctors the rules bacically say this. You contact your MRO or a doctor who is fully qualified under section 40 of the FMCSR and present the drug your are taking BEFORE you start driving. If they approve such a med then take as prescribed. If they don't then you go back to your own doctor and tell him or her why you must changed. If you get approval from a doctor that does not know the rules then you're asking for major problems.

There's alot of medication out there that is needed and alot of drivers do take them. Sometimes a prescribed med is safer than without and the correct doctor makes the choice and the company is informed.

 

When I was In a Psy.d program a few years ago, studying clinical psychology, Generalized anxiety disorder was listed in the DSM as a diagnosis. Or, are you saying you, personally, do not believe in it? You sound very jaded in your post. Also, SSRI's sometimes have drowsiness as an unintentional side effect, resulting in sleep, as long as the side effects continue. It really depends on the med and the individual. If an adult, and their physician, believes the individual is capable of driving safely, then what would be the problem?

 

Have y'all ever heard of a doctor amputating the wrong
body part? We have two arms and two legs, so, if the wrong one were
to be amputated by mistake, there'd still be one left. What are the odds
the doctor would make the same mistake on that patient again?
What would be the problem?

One Pill Makes You Larger
And One Pill Makes You Small
But The Ones Mother Gives You
Don't Do Anything At All
Go Ask Alice
When She's Ten Feet Tall.

 

I do not see how that compares to a doctor and an adult patient determining what effects a medication is having on the patient. When someone takes a med, he or she usually knows if that med is causing drowsiness, or an inability to drive. Usually, a change in meds requires a follow-up to determine the effect on the individual. I don't think the op would take a bunch of meds and say hey I am going to go drive a big truck. One can usually tell how a medication is effecting him or her. Sure, mistakes can be made, and anything can happen. But, according to that reasoning, no one should be driving. How does one know a blood clot is not forming in their arteries leading to a fatal embolism the next time he or she gets behind the wheel of a vehicle?