Comment by stevage
3 months ago
And not allowing people to take anxiety meds is nuts. Some of those meds seem perfect for this job, putting you in a very mellow, but focused state.
3 months ago
And not allowing people to take anxiety meds is nuts. Some of those meds seem perfect for this job, putting you in a very mellow, but focused state.
> Some of those meds seem perfect for this job, putting you in a very mellow, but focused state.
Many drugs, especially some anxiety medications, produce false feelings of sobriety.
I can’t believe I have to write this, but: Feeling mellow and focused from drugs does not mean you’re okay to perform well at mentally demanding or safety-critical tasks like driving or directing air traffic.
These hypotheses seem eminently testable. Give people (with and without underlying conditions) these drugs, test their performance. Rather than simply prohibiting entire categories of drugs.
This has been done already.
Or smoke cannabis after a hard stressful day at work
I find the moderation here frustrating at times when people will down vote but not explain why.
There may be a very go reason to not allow anxiety medication, I don't know enough about it myself.
> There may be a very go reason to not allow anxiety medication, I don't know enough about it myself.
You’re getting downvoted because your comment is dangerously misinformed. Air traffic controllers aren’t allowed to take those anxiety medications (benzos, etc) because they impair your performance and judgment, even if you feel fine while taking them.
Don’t confuse the way a drug makes you feel with the objective impairment of a drug.
The comment I replied to is not one that I wrote.
I appreciate you providing reasoning. I think the best way to deal with misinformation is good information and up/down votes are sometimes a good signal, sometimes it is an agree or disagree button.