I'm Really Backed Into A Corner Here...

Okay, so far, Wil Trans has approved my application and I am waiting for it to process to get me over the road. Even though I got my CDL a year and a half ago, I only worked for Werner Enterprises as a student driver, and that was for less than two weeks. They terminated me because they felt I needed more training. A few weeks later, Steven's Transport brought me over and two days afterwards, I got disqualifed for taking lamictal. I then went back to trucking school for a refresher course. I graduated with 120 hours, and then I upgraded to 184 hours and got my hazmat endorsement. I mainly did it to refresh my skills and get a job with US Xpress. Then they found out I worked with Werner and disqualifed me for it which I thought was unfair, because that was a year and a half ago and I got further training since.

Needless to say, I am very cautious about how this will turn out with Wil Trans assuming that I am sent up there. My main issue is the medication I (still) take. Should I lie or omit that I take it? Mind you, I've been through alot in the past year and a half and I went to great lengths to obtain a trucking job, and I don't want this to be another company that turned me down. I am limited for the following reasons....

1)I am in South Florida which is an odd area and many companies do not hire there.

2)I'm inexperienced

3)I take medication(which is an anti-depressant)

4)The fact that I had what should've been a blip on the radar can disqualify me from getting hired.

I really want to pull out all the stops to get AND maintain this job. I know that I shouldn't lie about taking it, but on the same token, I don't want this job to turn me down after all I've been through. Yeah, I know if some accident occured they can look into my medical history and blame the medication, but I'll just have to make sure nothing happens.

What are your thoughts on this? Thanks.

 

They don't test for lamictal. They only test for drugs such as marijuana, coke, meth, and two other drugs I can't think of. And what happens if its Stevens all over again. Sure, they'll respect me for my honesty, but where will that get me? They still turned me down, so apparentally, being honest hurt me. This finding a trucking job has been frustrating for me, and I have enough drama going on in my life.

 

With Werner it wasn't a problem, I just needed a medical release.