MY DAUGHTER WHO IS NOW 20 HAS BEEN TREATED WITH CORTIZONE ACETATE SINCE SHE WAS ONE MONTH OLD. FIRST, SHE TOOK IT BY INJECTION EVERY THREE DAYS, LATER WHEN WHE CHANGED DOCTORS (JOSE GONZALES) SHE WAS GIVEN IT ORALLY THREE TIMES A DAY. WHEN SHE WAS FOUR SHE STARTED TO SHOW SIGNS OF BEING EMOTIONALLY DISTURBED. I HAVE FIVE CHILDREN AND TEACH SO I KNOW WHAT IS NORMAL. I DISCUSSED THIS WITH HER DOCTORS BUT BECAUSE HER BLOOD WORK WAS WITHIN RANGE, HE DID NOT SEEM TO THINK MUCH OF IT. AT SEVEN SHE BEGAN TO GAIN A LOT OF WEIGHT AND CONTINUED TO GAIN FOR SEVERAL YEARS. SHE REACHED 200 LBS BY THE TIME SHE WAS 14. SHE IS ONLY 5'3'' SO THIS WAS A LOT OF WEIGHT. THE DOCTOR CONTINUALLY TOLD HER TO LOOSE AND WE TRIED DIETS, BUT HER APPITITE WAS ENORMOUS DUE TO THE MEDICATION (THE DOCTOR SAID). SHE CONTINUED TO SHOW SIGNS OF DEPRESSION, ANXIETY AND HOSTILLITY. AT FIRST I THOUGHT SHE WAS JUST A STRONG WILLED CHILD, BUT AS IT CONTINUED, I FELT IT WAS DUE TO HER MEDICATION. AT SIXTEEN, SHE BECAME INVOLVED IN DRUGS (THE PSYCHIATRIST FELT SHE WAS SELF MEDICATING). THIS WAS A VERY DIFFICULT PERIOD BECAUSE SHE WOULD RUN AWAY AND I KNEW SHE WAS NOT TAKING HER MEDICINE. SHE BEGAN TO LOOSE WEIGHT AND I DISCOVERED SHE HAD QUIT HER MEDICATION. SHE WAS HOSPITALIZED FOR DRUG ABUSE AND DEPRESSION BUT HER ANXIETY WAS ONLY BETTER WHEN SHE WAS NOT TAKING HER MEDICINE. LAST YEAR, SHE QUIT TAKING HER MEDICINE. SHE SAID SHE WOULD RATHER DIE THAN FEEL THAT WAY. SHE HAS LOST WEIGHT AND LOOKS GOOD, BUT HAS MORE ILLNESSES THAN EVER BEFORE. I AM VERY CONCERNED THAT SHE WILL CRISIS. I HAVE NEVER BEFORE SPOKEN TO ANYONE WHO HAS A CHILD WITH ADRENAL HYPERLASIA. LET ME KNOW IF THIS HAS OCCURED TO ANYONE ELSE.