AUTISM/Asperger DOT/d.o.t physical/exam

I had trouble finding this information before I went ahead, so I thought I would post here and hopefully google or whatever search engine you use leads you here.

So a little background I have autism spectrum disorder, formerly had Asperger's syndrome but it "no longer exists". I also take cymbalta 30mg nightly to help stabilize my mood.

Before going for my exam I had my prespribing DR right that my medication was safe to use well driving and that I was following theraphy, the D.O.T ecmanier didn't like how the letter didn't say what my condition was but he said it was no big deal, it's really just the medication that counts.

After that he said he never head of ASD, wasn't sure if he was trying to bait another diagnosis out of me or not but I sure as hell wasn't going to lie on a D.O.T physical, so I mentioned It used to be Asperger's and he wrote I had ASD(aka Asperger's) on my card.


All in all I was worried for nothing, seems as long as your're psychiatrist is willing to write a letter it takes any blame off the examiner and put's it on the psychiatrist, meaning the examiner doesn't give a flying crap about it if you pass the other parts.

 

Ok, so I guess it makes them feel more confident in their evaluation of you rather than feeling less calculable.

 

He actually was a MD, which is why it surprised me.