Serious question about DOT physical

No medical subject should be taboo, and my hat is off to you for stepping up and posting. I grew up with a friend that has had the same issue since birth. Please post what you find, there will be others you will be helping.

 

This is the latest one... one is currently in review.

http://www.occ-doc.net/FMCSA_Medical_Examiner_Handbook-2014MAR18.pdf

 

If someone is not taking any drug that the D.O.T has band for truck driver I guess no reason to stop anyone from passing D.O.T physical. You can always go get a D.O.T physical and ask the doctor. The doctor have to be on the Nation register. So they all pretty much go by the same standards.

 

Now that I think about it I know someone who has a colostomy bag and drives OTR. I just texted him and he said no one ever asked, and the Doctors keep giving him a 2 year card. He said there is nothing on the questionnaire about it, so it is most likely no big deal.

 

It's not a scheduled drug and is used mostly only for leaking bladders according to several sources.

BP is not one of the things shown to be a problem traceable to this drug. I suspect it may be something else entirely.

It would be easier for those of us who understand BP to publish the higher BP Values you are experiencing. You cannot be too high in CDL work. Keep an eye on that BP thing.

As far as the Taboo stuff. In this day and age of internet bedwetting or other problems in childhood or infancy would be easier to look for information online than what it was without any net 40 to 50 years ago.

Most of the time truckers don't hydrate as much as they should theoratically they only pee like twice a week or something. Which is why back in the beginning of 1994 drug test enforcement it was a common problem not to be able to generate sufficient urine on demand to take a drug test.

 

Had to post up, this is too good to pass by. First of all, you're not the only one. I too suffer from control issues. I have a neurogenic bladder, and as I've grown older(31 now) I'm starting to lose more control. Personally I don't really care if people should worry about what underwear people are wearing. It's an invisible illness that is looked down upon, and society would rather belittle than mind their own business.

With that aside, the last two medicals I've had, I stated my continence issues. And was given a pad to sit under. But my renewal is coming up, and I'm highly considering wearing a diaper to calm my anxiety of worrying if I'm going to pee myself while I wait for the doctor. The last time I was there I got nervous i was going to per, and my blood pressure spiked. I'm also scared btw...

 

Can you take blood pressure medicine to counteract your medicine's side-effects? Is there some interaction problem?