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Old Dec 17, 2014, 05:59 PM
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Originally Posted by Bipolarartist View Post
Just wondering what the law is over in the US with regards to mental illness and driving. The pdoc I saw the other day said not to drive because of meds, but didn't say anything about a mental illness, where the person has poor insight into their behaviour and drives. She only said penalty for driving on medication.
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I have meds that make me drowsy, but I've never been told not to drive. They just slap a label on the side that says "Don't drive or operate heavy machinery until you know how this drug affects you." I can take 0.25mg of Klonopin and be okay, but even then I avoid driving if I need to take it.

I try to avoid my drowsy drugs during the day since you can still get in trouble driving drowsy.
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