Personal statement for FAA medexpress

[piperbee]

Hi folks,
I need some advice. I just started my medexpress for PPL and get stuck on one medical record.
3 years ago I had to toxic and stressful environment at work and my doctor put me on a low doze of antidepressants due to anxiety.
The situation was managed, I have never had any similar episodes like that for 2 year and I actually already forgot about it.
Now in order to complete my medexpress certification I need to submit a lot of documents.
I already got the report from my treating doctor of a complete clinical remission, got evaluation from psychiatrist and now I need to write a personal statement about that episode.
I read that it really matters what we should put in this statement and looking for any advice from people who went through this process.
Any help is appreciated.
Thank you.

 

[odie451]

If you haven't seen an AME to start your MedExpress, I would suggest a consultation first. If you are only planning on flying for personal enjoyment, I would recommend looking into Sport Pilot. With MOSIAC, hopefully to be finalized sometime next year. It will open up a lot more options to those with a Sport Pilot certification.

If you're planning on flying commercially, then you are going to have to jump thru some major hoops.

You mentioned that you got an evaluation from a psychiatrist. Was it an FAA approved HIMS psychiatrist. If it wasn't, you will need to do that. I don't know if you can see a HIMS psychiatrist before you go in for your MedExpress evaluation, or if you need to wait for a denial letter from the FAA.

I would suggest getting the opinions of @WingmanMed, @lbfjrmd, and @bbchien.

You also may want a moderator to move this thread to the Medical Topics section.

 

[piperbee]

If you haven't seen an AME to start your MedExpress, I would suggest a consultation first. If you are only planning on flying for personal enjoyment, I would recommend looking into Sport Pilot. With MOSIAC, hopefully to be finalized sometime next year. It will open up a lot more options to those with a Sport Pilot certification.

If you're planning on flying commercially, then you are going to have to jump thru some major hoops.

You mentioned that you got an evaluation from a psychiatrist. Was it an FAA approved HIMS psychiatrist. If it wasn't, you will need to do that. I don't know if you can see a HIMS psychiatrist before you go in for your MedExpress evaluation, or if you need to wait for a denial letter from the FAA.

I would suggest getting the opinions of @WingmanMed, @lbfjrmd, and @bbchien.

You also may want a moderator to move this thread to the Medical Topics section.

I have already seen AME and I guess the application was submitted at some point, at least it is shown as pending on website on the date when I had my dr visit.
They gave me faa requirements and it states I need to see board certified psychiatrist, nothing else. This is what I did.
I’m not planning to do a commercial flying, at least for now.
And in general I feel really bummed right now. We are all humans and the situation can happen to everyone and now I’m stuck with this record for whole my life.

 

[odie451]

Good luck.