FutureLT
05-06-14, 08:18 PM
Hi, Please ignore my username; I made it when I was 15 and thought I knew what I was doing.
Excuse the immensely long post but I have a lot of questions and very few answers.
Today I asked my recruiter if my history of ADHD could disqualify me for enlisting in the Marine Corps. His answer was that the policy had recently been that you needed to be off of your medication for one year prior to enlistment and that you had to show an ability to succeed without the medication, BUT, that policy had recently changed due to downsizing and that you now must have dropped your medication by the age of 14 or you would need a waiver. He also stated that with the downsizing currently going on, waivers being accepted are pretty much like unicorns or the Loch Ness Monster, I.E. good luck getting one accepted. I've wanted to earn the title of Marine since I was four years old and saw the old Toys for Tots commercials with the kid who thinks the Marine is Santa, so I'm not going to let that get to my head. Upon researching his information I have found nothing but the prior policy of only needing to be off of it for one year. Can someone clarify for me what is the truth and what isn't on an ADHD waiver?
I read somewhere that when they consider you for a waiver they look at your physical capabilities, ASVAB score, grades, and any other things that could make you stand out as a better choice or count against you. I made an 86 on my ASVAB, I have no criminal record, no past of extreme mental disorders. I'm constantly improving with the physical fitness, so I feel like getting disqualified for a history of medication to fix me being hyper and a daydreamer when I was younger which later just developed into a burning hatred for mathematics kind of unlikely. Do they look at reasons behind the medication or just the reason in name only?
Thank you.
Excuse the immensely long post but I have a lot of questions and very few answers.
Today I asked my recruiter if my history of ADHD could disqualify me for enlisting in the Marine Corps. His answer was that the policy had recently been that you needed to be off of your medication for one year prior to enlistment and that you had to show an ability to succeed without the medication, BUT, that policy had recently changed due to downsizing and that you now must have dropped your medication by the age of 14 or you would need a waiver. He also stated that with the downsizing currently going on, waivers being accepted are pretty much like unicorns or the Loch Ness Monster, I.E. good luck getting one accepted. I've wanted to earn the title of Marine since I was four years old and saw the old Toys for Tots commercials with the kid who thinks the Marine is Santa, so I'm not going to let that get to my head. Upon researching his information I have found nothing but the prior policy of only needing to be off of it for one year. Can someone clarify for me what is the truth and what isn't on an ADHD waiver?
I read somewhere that when they consider you for a waiver they look at your physical capabilities, ASVAB score, grades, and any other things that could make you stand out as a better choice or count against you. I made an 86 on my ASVAB, I have no criminal record, no past of extreme mental disorders. I'm constantly improving with the physical fitness, so I feel like getting disqualified for a history of medication to fix me being hyper and a daydreamer when I was younger which later just developed into a burning hatred for mathematics kind of unlikely. Do they look at reasons behind the medication or just the reason in name only?
Thank you.