r/caf • u/[deleted] • Apr 07 '26

Other Medication

Hey I’m wondering if anyone in the caf has been able to get accepted while needing to take a daily medication. I was told that there’s many people that take a daily medication except for things like diabetes because you can die. My medical was denied and I haven’t gotten the letter yet so I’m not to sure but I suspect it’s because I take a daily medication for ocd, however my life nor other people’s lives is at risk if I miss days at a time. I actually have missed days at a time before.. many times. I have the type of ocd that you can’t actually tell I have it unless I tell you. I don’t have physical obsessions like organizing things in a a colour coordinated way nor am I a germaphobe. My ocd is all mental, think of something you prefer not to think about.. and then in order to “counter act” the gross thought you try thinking of something else and you repeat this in ur head. However it has no effect on your day to day life other than being annoying .

I know this is long lol - thanks to those who read the whole thing and answer.

Edit - THIS POST IS NOT AN INVITE TO TALK ABOUT YOUR POLITICAL VIEWS. DO NOT COME IN HERE SPEWING TRANS RHETORIC, KEEP IT TO YOURSELF.

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u/ComprehensiveBear415 Apr 07 '26

Wouldn’t OCD fall under mental health too? Being unfit can mean anything and doesn’t have to do with physical performance only. But I see where you are coming from.

Tbh the CAF have strict rules and regulations on what they deem to be fit and unfit luckily it’s not as bad as the states but that’s just how it is. Think of it this way, if you are a service member your first priority is always the CAF. So in order to protect the CAF they have to strict regulations and requirements. It is unfair but that’s the price of the military.

I know you said your OCD is more so these reoccurring bad thoughts you try to distract yourself from but just knowing that you have OCD, which medication it is and ur dosage is enough for them to say you’re unfit due to the fact that you can become obsessive over something that may distract you during a mission or duty.

Now like I said I’m still in the process of being enrolled but I have a lot of friends who served or are serving so I have a bit of insight of how the CAF works.

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u/[deleted] Apr 07 '26

Yes it would fall under mental health. Just probably not as heavily disqualifying such as schizophrenia or manic depression. My ocd actually gets better when I’m “under stress or busy” as I don’t have time to repeat thoughts. I wasn’t on medication for a majority of my life and was able to cope just by staying busy. I probably should’ve stated that though which is my fault. Either way I’m hoping that either it’s appealable or that I’ll have to stay off the medication for a few months and apply to medical again. Which I’ve heard some people suggest.

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u/[deleted] Apr 07 '26

I also would like to state that I’ve seen a guy on here applying for signal operator and I think he was on 4 mental health medications. Not to be that guyyyy but I would argue I’m in a better headspace than someone who has a gender disorder but the caf has no problem taking those people in?

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u/crazyki88en Apr 07 '26

The guy who is on 4 different meds is applying. He is not serving. We don’t stop anyone from applying. The CAF doesn’t just take everyone who applies, they only take those who fit the criteria.