Anti-depressants allowed? Employment discrimination?

Welbutrin and Zyban were once purported to be effective at helping you quit smoking. I wonder if that held up over time. I quit smoking over twenty years ago, but I used the patch. Taking an anti-depressant to quit smoking seemed a bit questionable to me at the time.

 

read the first page/link then go to the second page/link gives you the list
https://www.fmcsa.dot.gov/faq/what-medications-disqualify-cmv-driver
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If you're trying to answer @theseeker he was last here in June of 2015.

 

I disagree. Everyone is different, and reacts differently to treatments. Diet, sleep habits, a "kick in the butt" might work for some, but not everyone. If you think someone can wish their way out of depression, or having goals to keep you stimulated works, you are sadly mistaken.Been there, done that, and more.

 

I decided to post it anyway as there are people have these questions .ô¿ô

 

I think the main part of what I was emphasizing is that they’re finding out most of these medication’s don’t truly treat depression. At that point, what options do you really have? I wasn’t implying that a “suck it up buttercup” approach is going to work for everyone. Yes, it might for some people. With mild to moderate depression. I’ve seen people with clinical depression, and I understand that is the actual chemical imbalance or shortage of some kind in the brain and is in fact, an actual medical condition not just a state of mind

BUT, Many people have naturally been able to alleviate their depression. They’re also finding that a lot of people with clinical type depression actually due to a chromosome deficiency that they’re born with, that in conjunction with when lacking certain minerals etc it may send them into a depressive state. (An imbalance within their system)

 

I had this conversation some time ago. While I advise honesty I also advise not volunteering information not asked for. To the best of my knowledge, none of this class's meds show up on the DOT drug panel. There is no FMCSA prohibition against them that I know of. I know there is a lot of debate about having your physician also do your DOT physicals. This is a case where it can be advantageous to do it. This same physician can prescribe them and also clear you to drive as stated in the link I made. I know several drivers who have done this.

This leaves the carrier and their rules. If you are taking these meds and are involved in a situation that may cause a lawsuit just because you are taking them does not in any way mean you or your carrier will be found liable just based on this. If you have been taking them for a while and are stable based on what I have heard real Attorneys say it becomes difficult to use this against you.

In the end, the decision to inform your carrier is yours. Because they don't show up on the DOT drug panels there is a very chance the carrier will never know you are taking them!

 

that’s why I just stick to drinking all day