-=> Quoting Mark Probert to Lucia Jameson <=-
Mark,
I posted a reply to this (your)message but apparently it got lost in 
cyberspace when I moved it from my download directory to the local node on my 
bbs. :-*
 
 MP> LUCIA JAMESON was thinking about ADHD Meds & the Military and keyed
 MP> into  cyberspace:
 LJ>This has put my teenager in a bit of a tizzy, as he has his heart set
 LJ>on enlisted in the Army and taking advantage of the educational
 LJ>benefits after his term of service is over.  Short of lying, I don't
 LJ>see any way around this. (we do not advocate lying on official
 LJ>documents btw :-* ) 
 
 LJ>I remember that there was a thread going on this a while
 LJ>back...wanted to get the "straight poop" out.
 MP> Your "poop" is just that, POOP. Do not step in it.
 MP> Lots of bogus information is floated around about ADHD. As I spent a
 MP> few years in olive drab, and, as I was certain that there were several 
 MP> people who had some form of emotional, etc. condition, I decided to 
 MP> check out what the real scoop is.
I got a message in this forum from Jerry Schwartz indicating that he got 
different info from his local recruiter than we got from ours.
 MP> Also, a colleague of my wife has a son who is bi-polar, went off meds 
 MP> one month and was in Marine boot camp the next.
 MP> After some checking, I found "Attention Deficit Disorder and the Law: 
 MP> A Guide for Advocates," by Peter S. Latham, JD and Patricia H. Latham,
 MP> JD; Chapter 10 - The Selective Service Act, pp 88-93. You can get a
 MP> copy of  this from the ADD WareHouse Catalog at 1-800-223-9273, or from
 MP> Hawthorne Educational Services at 1-800-542-1673.
 MP> Latham and Latham.  They have *pages* on this issue.

 MP> Bottom line seems to be that the ADD would have to *seriously*
 MP> interfere  with the performance of *entry* level military duties AND
 MP> could not be  adequately corrected by medication.

 MP> As for the two articles referenced, both were followed up by letters
 MP> to  the editor contradicting them. This fairy tale has floated around
 MP> the  internet for a few years.
Well, the Dayton Daily Fishwrap...I mean News didn't have a followup, so I 
was unaware of contraditing info.  
 MP> Also, I personally know of one young man who was inducted into the 
 MP> Marines with a full disclosure of his medical history.
I have told my son to tell them whatever they need to know about his medical 
history.  I would rather fight the results than have him give false 
information on an official military document.
 MP> One of the people who reads this conference is in the military.
 MP> Perhaps  he would care to check with personnel for an official version.
 MP> ===>Mark Probert<===
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