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itiswhatitis



Joined: 08 Aug 2011

PostPosted: Tue Jul 09, 2013 11:21 pm    Post subject: Simple question: about GEPIK medical.... Reply with quote

Currently in Korea on an E-2...aleary submitted medical check and
will (HOPEFULLY) transfer to a GEPIK job late AUg/early Sept.

Have always needed to submit a new medical when transfering (not necessarly new visa/new ARC) jobs before.

Don't want to submit a new medical because of the anxiety drugs (legal and prescribed of course) that I am taking.

1) Can I get out of doing a new medical?

2) Are they going to kick me out cus of taking the prescribed meds? (This is if I do have to do a new medical)

Thanks!
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young_clinton



Joined: 09 Sep 2009

PostPosted: Fri Jul 12, 2013 8:39 am    Post subject: Re: Simple question: about GEPIK medical.... Reply with quote

itiswhatitis wrote:


Don't want to submit a new medical because of the anxiety drugs (legal and prescribed of course) that I am taking.

1) Can I get out of doing a new medical?



How?

itiswhatitis wrote:


2) Are they going to kick me out cus of taking the prescribed meds? (This is if I do have to do a new medical)



You could stop taking them a few weeks before the medical and they wouldn't know about it.
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wonkavite62



Joined: 17 Dec 2007
Location: Jeollanamdo, South Korea.

PostPosted: Sat Jul 13, 2013 7:45 am    Post subject: Medical Reply with quote

You could stop taking thedrugsfor alittle while, andthat might bethe easiest solution. But you could also get a letter from your doctor saying what drugs you are on and that they might give a false positive in tests, something that needs to be mentioned in the letter. Alsobring samples of the pills. It might just be easier not to take the medicine for a little while, in case the school is sensitive about you having anxiety. But I'm not an expert.
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august8pm



Joined: 14 Jul 2013

PostPosted: Tue Jul 16, 2013 10:57 pm    Post subject: Re: Simple question: about GEPIK medical.... Reply with quote

itiswhatitis wrote:
Currently in Korea on an E-2...aleary submitted medical check and
will (HOPEFULLY) transfer to a GEPIK job late AUg/early Sept.

Have always needed to submit a new medical when transfering (not necessarly new visa/new ARC) jobs before.

Don't want to submit a new medical because of the anxiety drugs (legal and prescribed of course) that I am taking.

1) Can I get out of doing a new medical?

2) Are they going to kick me out cus of taking the prescribed meds? (This is if I do have to do a new medical)

Thanks!


Whatever you do, discuss your plans with your doctor. If you take anxiety medication following a prescribed scheduled dosage, it can be downright dangerous to simply stop doing so. Even if your dosage isn't a large one, "rubberbanding" into more severe anxiety from a sudden lack of medication is certainly a possibility. You can avoid (or at least lessen the severity of) these complications if you consult your doctor first.
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