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I've found, in my experience with the government (FAA), that two things will get you in trouble:
1) Over reporting.
2) Under reporting.

Technically, there should be no such thing as over-reporting, but like you, I've found that if I report any treatment that the government tends to view it in as a "worst possible scenario". That triggers a whole new round of not-medically-necessary tests / DR visits, which are often not covered by insurance, to prove to the government that we're not talking about worst case. Talk about a waste of time and resources.

After my last experience with that - I now indicate to my doctor what I want him to write on the chart and what words to avoid. The reason for that is, if the government needs those records to evaluate a condition that the records support my case in an un-ambigous way. If I get flagged, my charts do not say "chronic" and use words like "temporary".

As near as I can tell in the CHL case, under reporting doesn't actually get you in trouble, it just causes delay. I'm NOT encouraging you to under-report. But a single prescription of Xanax 8 years ago, 30-days use, probably indicates that you're more sane and actually take care of yourself better than most people. If everyone actually disclosed their prescription history for all time, let alone the last 10 years, my guess is the system would grind to a halt...

Thanks for doing the right thing.

<Largely, this is a frustrated rant>