On Sat, 22 May 2010 06:39:23 -0700 (PDT), Doug Hoffman wrote:

On May 13, 11:01*pm, brian whatcott wrote:
FAA has generated a revised policy to permit the use of SINGLE
anti-depressant drug prescriptions for pilots. Suicidal ideation,
multi-drugs, etc., are disqualifying.

Define "anti-depressant drug". Drugs that are classically labelled as
anti-depressant are frequently used simply to treat various forms of
neuropathy (disease of peripheral nerve(s) causing a level of pain or
discomfort). No depression involved anywhere. The neuropathy is
often mild in nature and has absolutely no effect whatsoever on the
ability to safely pilot an aircraft (especially when the "anti-
neuropathy drug" is taken). Drugs don't know what they are supposed
to be "for". They are just chemical compounds with labels we give
them.

-Doug

Now I find that Prozac makes me a fairly pleasant individual. I take a
measly 6000mg lithium however I'm usually pretty "up", but that's more
a state I developed after years of conditioning. In other words, LOL,
misery. Its really less about how we got this way, and more about
who we're going to become.

--
Mark