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@jakedduck1

@rhartl
Hello,
First, congratulations on getting your commercial license, that’s great. In the beginning, your story sounded just like mine. I was on Dilantin and Phenobarbital too until the Dilantin became unstable and my level was either low or toxic, so I switched switched to Carbatrol. My dad was also a truck driver, although later he did less driving and became dispatcher and shop foreman. I can’t believe that after 40 years they’re still making you go through all that trouble. I think it’s a little much but I know of a man in Scotland who was seizure-free for 50 years and then had one out of the blue, so one never knows. But realistically how often does that really happen?
Stay safe out there,
Jake

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Replies to "@rhartl Hello, First, congratulations on getting your commercial license, that’s great. In the beginning, your story..."

Thank you Jake. The USDOT law book had said that if you had ever had epilepsy, you could not drive a Commercial Motor Vehicle (CMV) in interstate commerce. I think that specialist in the field decided on a time period formula that they estimated a driver with a history of epilepsy was know longer any less safe then a driver with no history. I still am on the pilot program and do not know when if ever I will be taken off. I am just happy to be doing what I am doing.