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If I lied I would have problems in the future with insurence.

What kind of questions do they ask?

I don't remember all the questions they ask, but they ask if you have a pathology which can limit you to drive (I answered yes to this question) and if you have a disability income (I answered no). I don't remember all the questions, sorry

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Originally posted by Giulia
I have to go back to this medical commission because I take meds who can be incompatible with driving (Smilie)

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I never had to go to such a commission, so I can't tell you what it's like and what they test for.
My guess is that they test for reaction speed and stuff like that, but I can't be sure.

Anyway, like LittleK said, if your doctor says it's ok, it probably is.
Good luck with it, I hope you seriously kick some lame commission's ass when you go there.

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Originally posted by Chrono
Couldnt you have lied? Just wondering

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lol I might have lied (kind of)...
One of the questions was something like "Do you (mis)use or have you ever (mis)used excessive amounts of drugs?"
well... I don't find it excessive

My doctor said when I asked her that I should wait to be sure that I am well stabilised. I told what's happens at the medical commission in another thread, wait a sec to find out where it is.

Edit : I found it !

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For me, it was a medical examination for driving licence.
Since I have a SSD (Single Sided Deafness) I had to go to a medical commission.

I am the only girl between men in a middle age, two of them were totally drunk at 08:00am !! (Smilie)
So after an ophtalmologic exam and an urine sample (Smilie)(Smilie) I have to be in front of 3 GP, in underwear (Smilie) (Smilie) and BTW, they were only men (no offense guys ! (Smilie)).
First of all I had to reply to stupid questions :
1) Why I was there ? (SSD)
2) If I've ever been in hospital in my life (only for a minor surgery, a screw in my head)
3) If I've ever suffer from faintness (never)
4) If I've ever suffered from epilepsy (never)
5) If I currently take medicines, and which kind (antihistaminics when I have an allergy attack)
6) If I smoke (never)
7) If I drink alcohol (I never drink alcohol even a glass of wine with lunch or dinner (Smilie) )

They tested me for strabism and for lateral seeing, then they tested me for balance.
After ? Only the classic of each medical examination (Smilie) Heart, blood pressure, weight and heigh.

Result :
1) In good health for driving despite my SSD
2) Don't panick like that
3) Don't get thinner, otherwise we'll cut you the licence (Smilie) (Smilie) (Smilie) (Smilie) (Smilie)

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Originally posted by Giulia

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Since I have a SSD (Single Sided Deafness) I had to go to a medical commission.
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I have to be in front of 3 GP, in underwear

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In underwear??  For SSD?? weird...

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Originally posted by Jesus

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Originally posted by Giulia

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Since I have a SSD (Single Sided Deafness) I had to go to a medical commission.
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I have to be in front of 3 GP, in underwear

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In underwear??  For SSD?? weird...

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They don't know when you come in underwear that I have SSD neither I have a mental pathology.

Okay, here I am. I have started to work on the road code for my driving licence. I know I have to declare my meds, so I rang a doctor which is a specialist of these medical commission, he told me that a letter from my psychiatrist will be enough for the commission. However, I talked with someone with autism and he told me that despite the medical letter from his doctor, he had to give a psychiatric examination.
So I concluded myself that there is very little possibility to have to give this psychiatric examination, but if this possibility happens, I will prepare it with my psychiatrist.
I am happy

Hi,
Two years I have not updated the situation, but of course, things are even worse than I thought
Of course, I still can't get enrolled for driving licence, since even worse administrative problems arose

In the meantime, I received a diagnosis in December 2008, confirmed to another specialist in January 2009 : ADHD, and I have to take Ritalin.
This doesn't change I have to declare it to the administration, since it's a mental health pathology (it should have been cared in neurology, but this fact doesn't change the problem, since a pathology in neurology or psychiatry has to be declared at the administration for driving licence in France).
Things are administratively worse since my diagnosis, since ADHD is not recognized to adults in France (psychiatry in France are 40-50 years late, we can say that it's Middle Age !).
I have spoken with a GP which is in an association for doctors which helps victims of body damages with the experts (whatever the cause : medical error, hospital infection, injuries from a home accident....). Of course, I didn't fit the criteria to receive the help of this association, since my administrative trouble are after the diagnosis of a condition which is not relative to an external event. But they didn't care of this fact, this doctor has helped me and if he reads this message, I thank him very much for his help
He told me that the expert psychiatrist cannot make again the initial diagnosis, which has done the physician. He can only tell how long I can get my licence before another exam.
However, I have learnt by some research on the Internet that if the doctors in 2nd grade (Appeal Commission, which comes after the Primary Commission) says that your pathology is chronic and definitive and makes you definitively unable to drive, you can't do nothing to be administratively able to drive for all your life. What I fear most is that a doctor uses this point of procedure in the inability report, without being sure at 100% that it's the truth : for some pathologies (like Alzheimer dementia or Alzheimer-like dementia), you can be absolutely sure that it'll never improve and the person will be unable to drive all life long ; but for ADHD, or even pathologies like bipolar 1 disorder or schizophrenia, you can't predict the evolution 1, 2, 3, 10, 20, 50 years later (even the best psychiatrist can't, and even Miss Cleo can't do it). In two words, this point has to be used with plenty of caution, and there is no mean to control in France the level of caution for this point of procedure's use.

Here is the update after two years. I try to solve this story, but it's not an easy task to solve (I took 3 months to find the right persons to help me, because even the best professionals in the law field often mix up with this process, even in its basic steps)

why one earth are you bringing up 2 year old threads