I was wandering if my son with ADHD will be rejected from the army?

My son is looking to join the army and he has been diagnosed with ADHD when he was 21 years old. He went 1 year on stimulant ADHD medicine from then on, then stopped for 3 years. He became second in the British bench press championship when he was 23 but he has some unusual instances on his medical health record. When he was 15 he branded viking runes on his wrist, because he thought it was cool and a test of strength, but his mother freaked and thought it was depression, and they went to the doctor, and nothing became of it, apart from it being a weird instance, and it was noted on his health record that it happened. When he was 19 he got in argument with his mother, and left the house saying he is going to kill himself and his mum did a similar thing again and phoned the police, he had to get taken to the doctor because of it. He then explained himself to the doctor, explained how he wanted to go to the army and he has only good intentions for his life, but somehow in the story it got said he took lsd the night before and the doctor said to me he was doing him a favour by putting drug induced psychosis on his record keeping the army in mind. He took antipsychotic medication for a couple of weeks and never continued the medicine and nothing became of it. He has these blips on his health record but he is a disciplined, kind, nice person, it doesn’t say depression or any other mental health problems, just ADHD, will he be able to join the army? Specifically the parachute regiment?

It doesn’t say depression anywhere on his health record.

My son is looking to join the army and he has been diagnosed with ADHD when he was 21 years old. He went 1 year on stimulant ADHD medicine from then on, then stopped for 3 years. He became second in the British bench press championship when he was 23 but he has some unusual instances on his medical health record. When he was 15 he branded viking runes on his wrist, because he thought it was cool and a test of strength, but his mother freaked and thought it was depression, and they went to the doctor, and nothing became of it, apart from it being a weird instance, and it was noted on his health record that it happened. When he was 19 he got in argument with his mother, and left the house saying he is going to kill himself and his mum did a similar thing again and phoned the police, he had to get taken to the doctor because of it. He then explained himself to the doctor, explained how he wanted to go to the army and he has only good intentions for his life, but somehow in the story it got said he took lsd the night before and the doctor said to me he was doing him a favour by putting drug induced psychosis on his record keeping the army in mind. He took antipsychotic medication for a couple of weeks and never continued the medicine and nothing became of it. He has these blips on his health record but he is a disciplined, kind, nice person, it doesn’t say depression or any other mental health problems, just ADHD, will he be able to join the army? Specifically the parachute

ADHD used to be a bar to recruitment, however there is a new 2021 JSP 950 Medical Policy which addresses ADHD and that an applicant must be stimulant free for a minimum of 1 year prior to application. From there, it would be determined if he can undergo recruitment by things like comorbidity with any other mental health issues, age at diagnosis, any substance misuse etc in order to determine if medical reports outline normal adolescent behaviours or present depressive and anxious disorders. If there is comorbidity between mental disorders and substance misuse in his medical notes, this is an automatic bar to entry. My advice would be to apply for his medical records and see exactly what and how things have been noted down by a doctor and speak to an AFCO.

My advice would be to apply for his medical records and see exactly what and how things have been noted down by a doctor and speak to an AFCO.