In many ways, I don't necessarily disagree with the notion that carriers might suffer some of the same symptoms as those afflicted with CAH.  Aside from my son, who actually  has the condition, everyone in my current immediate family has been determined to be a carrier (my husband, myself, my daughter) and we all have characteristics that might be associated with CAH.  My husband has long suffered anxiety disorders; I reached puberty very early in life (age 9); and my daughter has very dark skin, a little bit of a facial mustache, and also reached puberty on the early side (age 10).  Do we have these characteristics because we are carriers of CAH?  Possibly.  But I'm not really sure whether or not that really makes a difference, practically speaking.  Whether or not my early puberty or my daughter's dark skin are caused by us being carriers of the condition is besides the point---we will not be taking replacement cortisol to "correct" the condition.  So, while I believe that scientists should not make weighty pronouncements about issues that have not yet been fully studied, I do think that what Julie H. says at the end of her post is, at this point, the bottom line---CAH sufferers need to be treated for their condition, while carriers do not.