Chris Charanza
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So i'm going through the process of obtaining a 3rd class medical (2nd attempt) Back in 2013 I was deferred and ultimately denied then after i wrote them they sent the letter of what I needed to do but at that point I scrubbed the whole thing and just moved on with my life. Well fast forward 9 years and I've decided I want to give it a go so i went and got the old letter from the FAA and I know I have to take a nueropsychological (because of past adderall usage) and I am certain i'll have to do a sleep study or a maintenance of wakefulness test to address sleep apnea from back in the day. I've made a few calls and have an appointment for the nueropsychological testing on April 12th. The psychologist I spoke with in Houston told me to go ahead and do another physical so that when he requests my records they have a current application on file. What i'm trying to figure out now is whether I should just go to a normal AME like i was applying for the 1st time knowing that I'm going to be deferred and it's just part of the process so I can get the application on file for the nueropsychological testing and I've already put the wheels in motion as far as getting another sleep study or do I need to schedule an appointment with a HIMS AME. I am not dealing with drug or alcohol abuse as it's more I was on a medication that was prohibited and in 2013 they were going to make me do the nueropsychological and sleep study. I'm just trying to get ahead of it and have as many things taken care of from the previous application since I'd assume those things will still need to be taken care of.