Often it is not the medication that is the problem when it comes to flying but the condition for which it is prescribed/taken.
If people suffer from depression they should not be flying.
A lot of people confuse 'depression' with 'not feeling brilliant for a little while due to some stresses' (Although you best not fly when you are feeling like that either.
Depression gives lots of symptoms. Amongst these are slowing down of thought and physical processes; loss of cognitive function; changed view on life issues and attitudes etc.
That is why depressed folks should not fly.
It is comforting to see that common held beliefs get repeated here by those with little or no knowledge of mental health problems.
It is truly horrifying that doctors leap in with drugs on the first mention of depression.
And the proof that this happened here is..................?
Depression is always caused by some external factor/s
As Mac says 'Rubbish'
Prescribing drugs does nothing but mask the symptoms,
Not true.
Its a bit like giving a walking stick to a patient with a broken leg and telling them to get better soon!
Diagnosis people's illness by taking a comprehensive history, doing appropriate tests and treating them with appropriate choices of the whole scope of treatments available means that you take the patient and their problem serious.
To suggest to someone with a 'proper depression' to go to the health shop for some St John's Wort or some internet sourced self help stuff may seem kind but potentially denies patients the opportunity to access health services they may well require to get better.
But we know that it is only doctors that:
prescribe first and do nothing to identify or sort out the stressors[...]giving a walking stick to a patient with a broken leg and telling them to get better soon!"
