C J Campbell writes:

Very well. You cannot obtain a medical if you suffer depression, whether you
are taking medication or not.

But "suffering" in the context of a medical generally means
"diagnosed" or "undergoing treatment."

It is bogus to claim, as the OP did, that you can fly with depression
as long as you are not taking any medication for it.

Sure you can, as long as you have the medical, which is not the same
as having the disorder.

You can be prevented from flying by a past diagnosis of something you
no longer actually have. Conversely, you can fly with a condition as
long as you haven't been diagnosed with it and/or treated for it.

This is just one of the dangers of improper and excessive regulation
of physical fitness requirements.

The worst thing is that some pilots may be tempted to leave medical
conditions untreated just so that they can continue to fly. As long
as their condition is undiagnosed and untreated, they are fine from a
regulatory standpoint.

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