My husband was diagnosed with Adult ADD and was prescribed adderall 2 years after he joined. Someone told him that he could be discharged from the Navy for taking it is this true?

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I'm in the Navy and have also been researching this; from what I've read:

Adderall shows up in drug tests. Which is fine, as long as he has his current prescription IN HIS MILITARY MEDICAL RECORD. That's a big key point right there. That way, when they see Adderall in his drug test, and they look in his medical record and see the legitimate prescription, it will be waived and everything will be fine.

Beyond that, being discharged could happen, depending on what type of command he is at, how well he performs, how well his superiors like him, etc. The plus-side of being properly medicated is that it will likely let you perform just as well as a person without the issue you have. The down-side is that the military never really smiles on anything like that, and if you have any other kind of problem at all that makes you undesirable in some way, but is not bad enough for them to kick you out, they can use your disability to justify kicking you out.

Search the internet; I've heard of many people being kicked out, but also many remaining in. Once you're already in the military, a diagnosis is not a damning factor; As long as you can shine (or at least make the grade) at work and stay out of the "bad worker" category, you are usually OK.

See this, for example: http://www.addforums.com/forums/showthread.php?t=80112