Can Abilify Prohibit You From Joining The Military?

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I was told by a marine recruiter that it does.

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I would think yes since it is a medication made to treat people that have bipolar disorder. Didn't the recruiter tell you that you can't be on any medications or anything like that? I know this because I was going to join and I'm on antidepressants and a friends of mine had to go off his Ritalin in order to join too. I personally thinks it's stupid to make someone have to go off medications they were prescribed by a doctor just because they want you to be perfect and crazy enough to shoot to kill if they send you into war.

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As a former recruiter, you will be automatically disqualified if you tell them that you are bipolar. Also, you have to be off all meds (except birth control) for 2 years.

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Not true. I haven't been on Abilify for five years and the army recruiter told me I was permanently disqualified from service.

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My son has been off Abilify for a year. He is a hard worker. Does he have any chance of getting into the army? Being in the army is something he has always wanted.

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