I'm in the process of joining the armed forces. I take the physical on Wednesday, and hopefully swear in on the same day. One thing has been bothering me though. I saw a psychologist for possible ADD/ADHD for three months from late Oct 2008 to early Jan 2009. I took Concerta and Strattera during that time and I decided to take myself off because it was expensive and I wasn't seeing any meaningful results. I haven't taken any meds since Jan 2009. I also haven't been back to the psychologist since then. I've got no other problems with depression, anxiety, suicide, etc. My grades in school were unchanged and I've been employed full time for seven months now where I just got a favorable performance review. I'm a functional member of society in every sense. I probably demonstrate few if any symptoms.
I was very forthcoming about all this to my recruiter and he basically told me that since it was over a year ago, and it was for a short time, it wasn't really worth mentioning on my medical screen. Keep your story straight and they'll never know. They only know what you decide to tell them. I went along with it, but I'm having second thoughts. My only real concern is that it'll come out if I have to get a Top Secret clearance, which I probably will. I'd rather get it out in the open and let whatever happens happen rather than spend six years wondering if it'll ever come out. Besides, if it ever did come out, I get burned at the stake while the recruiter denies it all.
Other than that, I'm as clean as the priest's bedsheets.
So, that said, if I come clean at MEPS, how hard will it be for me to get a waiver for ADD/ADHD? Some of the reading I've done says you get get an on the spot waiver if you haven't taken the medicine for a year and you don't demonstrate the symptoms during your processing. If this whole shit complicates things, it complicates things, but I really don't want to start off my career on a bad note.