Hypothetical Medical Question

[dmorrison2k]

Hello Marines,

I wanted to raise the hypothetical that a male wanting to join the Marine Corps that may or may not be on medication to quell anxiety & depression.

Be aware that this hypothetical, fictitious male is actively lowering the dosage of his this medication and would be off it very shortly. Within 4 weeks time. This male would also not be eligible to leave for Boot Camp for another 16 or so months at the earliest.

Also be aware this male put the names of these medications and why he was taking them on the back of a piece of paper, that he gave to a recruiter at his High-School, who used that piece of paper to send him information on the Marine Corps. This paper was not an enlistment paper or anything of the sort. It just was a short survey and asked for name, DOB, address, email, and phone number.

Does this pose a problem for this male wannabe? Or should he just go to a recruiter's office once he's off this medication and not mention it? This male doesn't want anything to inhibit him from the USMC or an MOS in the USMC. He ALSO doesn't want to FRAUDULENTLY ENLIST!

Thank you.

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[crazymjb]

Well if you don't want to Fraudulently Enlist, you disclose everything they ask of you. People with past anti-depressant use often get into the military, both by lying and through a waiver process.

If you decide to go the waiver route they will likely want documentation from your doctor, maybe an eval from your doctor, and probably will want you to have been off the medication for some period of time. You also will have to do one or many psych consults. Keep in mind a waiver is not guaranteed, AND everyone's individual circumstances will bear on what happens.

The recruiter is now aware of this stuff. Some recruiters are 100% by the book and will be happy to hold your hand through the waiver process (and likely already have for others), while other recruiters are accustomed to having their future recruits lie about stuff because the fact is in some cases it's almost a certainty you won't be caught. That would, of course, be fraudulent enlistment.

So yes it's a problem, and it's probably a solvable one.

Mike