Going off Disabilty -- Going to School -- Crappy Work history

Well I've been on long-term disabilty for over 10 yrs now diagnosed with Major depresive disorder + General anxiety. In that time I've graduated county college with high honors in Liberal studies and worked part time off + on with 1 job lasting over 5 yrs. Haven't worked in the past 4 yrs at all but seriously considering signing up for truck driving school to get my CDL-A. What chance do I have to get working OTR or locally with any company? I'd no doubt take a local job driving a straight truck if I had to in the case anyone else wasn't willing to hire me. The main concern is going to school and not being hireable by ANYBODY.

My driving record is great and my credit score is great and only mention that because I know some jobs care about credit score. The meds I'm on now is a low dosage of Paxil + Klonipin. I definitely feel I could do OTR driving or at least local straight job driving. Assuming I do very well at trucking school do I have a chance?

The other question is if it turns out I'm not hireable by anyone in trucking but get a full time job doing something unrelated how long would I need to work to show that I'm a good F/T employee before thinking about applying to a trucking company? Say a full year goes by after going to driving school with having no actual employment as a driver what then? Would the school experience still be worth anything?

Btw not worried about the cost of school because the state wants to help out with that.


Thanks for the feedback.

 

Yeah I'm a little concerned about the klonipin. I only see my doctor every 3 mths so not real concerned about that one. As far as driving think I'd be up to it and the reason I'd be going off disability is because I'm very stable now and have gotten quite well with the help of some smaller dosages of these meds that I've been on for several years.


Well either way I might go for it with the school and keep positive and with a CDL-A should at least be able to find a local job driving a straight truck which compared to not working like now would be a big improvement.

 

Thank for the replies and keep 'em coming.


I'm really concerned about the lack of a solid work history for getting in with a company driving OTR solo. Would I only wind up with one of the undesired companies if any and if so HOW BAD are they?