How to enlist in the armed forces with adhd and adderall?

MEPS reg 40-1 directs the use of AR 40-501 for all military medical processing. What that means: All branches use the same standard; i.e. if you are disqualified for one you are disqualified for them all.

From AR 40-501:

"2–27. Learning, psychiatric and behavioral disorders

a. Attention Deficit Disorder/Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (314), or Perceptual/Learning Disorder(s) (315) does not meet the standard, unless applicant can demonstrate passing academic performance and there has been no use of medication(s) in the previous 12 months."

So you'll note that regardless of branch, you must be off of medication for a full year with documentation of academic performance during that time. And of course, you can't be on medication for it once you're in the service either. You cannot enlist or recieve a commission while taking the medication.

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one you do not enlist as an officer, you are granted a commission.

but that is a moot point as you have been on meds for too long and will NEVER get a waiver even if you go off them now and go through all of college without them and still end up with a 3.5 or better GPA.

BTW the recruiter was wrong, it is not six months.. it is 12-24 months minimum without letting you grades or anything else slide. but since you have been on them so long you will NEVER be eligible to serve.

Sorry but you are out of gas. I do hope the meds help you, you go through college and you have a successful life. But that life will never include the military.

HELPFUL ADVICE -- if you are still on medication for that condition -- plan on never serving in the US military. You can't function without normally without the medication.

If you can't get through school without the meds, how do you expect to learn on the job without the meds?

any history of ADHD for more than one year past the age of 14 is disqualifying.

It is not going to happen!

how? you DON'T