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ADHD and enlisting in military
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<blockquote data-quote="DammitJanet" data-source="post: 352954" data-attributes="member: 1514"><p>I am one of the military moms (retired now) on the board. </p><p></p><p>My son is ADHD and he joined the Marine Corps when he was 18. We knew that he would have to be off medications for 4 years prior to enlistment so he stopped during his high school years. Im not sure if that is still a requirement or not. You could check. We found out while he was already at boot camp that his recruiter should have obtained a waiver for his ADHD and that caused a bit of a problem for my son and he had to go wait in sick bay until a waiver came through. That was a real problem for me because both my son and I had told his recruiter over and over again about the ADHD and asked if it was a problem. Needless to say I was angry over the mishap.</p><p></p><p>But, overall having ADHD didnt hamper my sons service at all. Just make sure the recruiter is on the ball.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="DammitJanet, post: 352954, member: 1514"] I am one of the military moms (retired now) on the board. My son is ADHD and he joined the Marine Corps when he was 18. We knew that he would have to be off medications for 4 years prior to enlistment so he stopped during his high school years. Im not sure if that is still a requirement or not. You could check. We found out while he was already at boot camp that his recruiter should have obtained a waiver for his ADHD and that caused a bit of a problem for my son and he had to go wait in sick bay until a waiver came through. That was a real problem for me because both my son and I had told his recruiter over and over again about the ADHD and asked if it was a problem. Needless to say I was angry over the mishap. But, overall having ADHD didnt hamper my sons service at all. Just make sure the recruiter is on the ball. [/QUOTE]
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