Dot Physical And Work History

im worried about my dot physical that i will fail. i was on high blood pressure med about 2 year ago and now im off them and taking hawthorn berry that are over the counter do i tell the dot physical about my blood pressure and the hawthorn berry? what about my work history ive always been paid under the counter and i kinda work for my self scrap metaling but now im out of a job and been wanting to get my cdl? ive studied my book and now im trying to get everything done. it been a dream of mine all my life

im worried about my dot physical that i will fail. i was on high blood pressure med about 2 year ago and now im off them and taking hawthorn berry that are over the counter do i tell the dot physical about my blood pressure and the hawthorn berry? what about my work history ive always been paid under the counter and i kinda work for my self scrap metaling but now im out of a job and been wanting to get my cdl? ive studied my book and now im trying to get everything done. it been a dream of mine all my life

I might not be certain but I think some companies will allow you to have people write written vouchers about your work life if your income was under what it has to be to be report-able. Most want at least three years while some want five years of employment history. They only want ten if you been driving CDL. The Dot physical, they will ask you if you have been treated for high blood pressure in the past. My nurse just took my blood pressure and I was lucky she did it three times to get an average. For some reason I was near 140/90 that day, much better now. If you are over 140/90 you only get a one year card instead of two. then there is the three month card even though I cant remember what the pressure is. They basically want you to have it checked out. Your employer on the other hand may send you home, not sure, check into it. They will ask you to write down what kind of meds or supplements you are taking. Hawthorn berry huh? gonna look into that.

Hey John. We have a ton of information about the DOT Physical including sections on Blood Pressure Requirements For The DOT Physical and DOT Physical - Hypertension Regulations. You'll find information about the medications they allow, how long your medical card will be good for, and tons more. Have a look at those pages.

And Jeff is correct about verifying your employment. Most companies will give you options for verifying employment which can include tax returns, notarized letters from people you worked for, and other options. It will be extremely important to be able to verify what you've been doing at all times throughout the past three to five years. So speak with companies that you're applying to and find out what they'll require from you as employment verification.

And to prepare for your career we have two really important resources. Our Truck Driver's Career Guide and our High Road Training Program. The career guide will help you with all different aspects of getting your trucking career off to a great start and The High Road will prepare you for the CDL permit exam, your endorsements exams, the logbook rules, weight distribution, length requirements, and all kinds of stuff.

Hey John. We have a ton of information about the DOT Physical including sections on Blood Pressure Requirements For The DOT Physical and DOT Physical - Hypertension Regulations. You'll find information about the medications they allow, how long your medical card will be good for, and tons more. Have a look at those pages.

And Jeff is correct about verifying your employment. Most companies will give you options for verifying employment which can include tax returns, notarized letters from people you worked for, and other options. It will be extremely important to be able to verify what you've been doing at all times throughout the past three to five years. So speak with companies that you're applying to and find out what they'll require from you as employment verification.

And to prepare for your career we have two really important resources. Our Truck Driver's Career Guide and our High Road Training Program. The career guide will help you with all different aspects of getting your trucking career off to a great start and The High Road will prepare you for the CDL permit exam, your endorsements exams, the logbook rules, weight distribution, length requirements, and all kinds of stuff.

Guess I can stop making all my lengthy/linked BP posts - since you've added them all in the Wiki now (LOL)...

If the BP stuff you're taking is OTC - then you "shouldn't" need to declare it on your DOT Med Long Form.

But you'd BETTER MAKE SURE you can get and stay BELOW 140/90 - or you're looking at delays in certification, getting back on prescription meds (not to be negative about homeopathic remedies or anything). If you're not getting down into the "truly normal range" (120/80 or so), then you risk getting "stressed out" about the physical (which many of us do) and popping a high BP.

Many companies will fail you if you pop a high BP at the physical - and you will have to get get it POSITIVELY RESOLVED BY A PHYSICIAN before they will look at you again.

Rick