Morning. My husband has been finally diagnosed with psychotic depression and will be taking anti psychotics. The psychiatrist yesterday told us we need to inform the dvla, she will fill in the form they send her, and all will be OK.
But after googling yesterday, it appears that when you first notify the dvla they will immediately revoke your license. You then need to meet criteria to get it back such as 3 months of stability, and the go ahead from your psychiatrist.
Now I do completely understand the reason for this, the dvla don't want someone driving round with suicidal thoughts or having hallucinations etc. I do understand this.
But obviously on a personal level this impacts things. We have had to wait months between appointments, and because of this and him taking sertraline, my husband is now much better than he was at the start. He has been off work for 8 weeks already and we were hoping that he could start back soon as he's feeling ready to get back to a more normal life. He works 50 miles away from home. In a very senior role. His workplace have been very good so far, but if we have to tell them now that he can't drive for at least another 3 months I don't know what will happen.
Has anyone actually been through this and NOT had their licence revoked? This will cause a really big set back in his recovery because otherwise he just sits and stares at the TV all day and another 3 months of that will not have a good effect on him at all.