Wow!    Thank you all so much for responding to my post!   It makes me feel good to know i’m not the only one in the world with this problem.   (crappy we have to deal with it in the first place).  

However, sadly, I’m convinced that my excessive hair issues  are  much worse than the average female with our problem.  For one, I have tried going on dexamenthsone (not sure of the spelling) in conjunction with the pill, Diane 35 in the past and it did seem to slow the process of hair growth down to a level where at least it wasn’t too hard to manage.  One of my major problems from the past  was that I’m SO freaked out by the blood work needed to moderate the results of the medication- so each time the endocrynologist gave me the papers to get the bloodwork done, I would delay and delay until months/years past by & therefore my meds would run out and I would just end up living my life naturally until the hair started getting out of control once again.  At that time, I would generally cry, go to the dr. and say  "this time i’m going to stick with it, please help me out"..   she would give me the medication again and when the time came for bloodwork once again I would try to avoid the testing.   Yes I know, I’m a loser!!  

It’s just so frustrating for me right now and at 30 years of age, I am more hairy then I have ever been.   I pretty much shave everything when I get pissed off and of course that only makes my problem that much worse. 

I have been married for the last 4 years and although my hubby says he’s not bothered by a hairy female with yes, even hair on my chest (eww) he can see how unhappy *I * am with myself and how self-conscious I am because of late onset CAH. 

I’m now at the stage of life where we’re starting to consider trying to make a baby.  Clearly, being on meds can’t be healthy for a pregnant woman (providing I’m even balanced enough to get pregnant).  I have been off all medication for about 2 years now.  Not that we sex all the time but I have not got pregnant in the last 24 months being off the pills.  

Are there any natural medications that anyone knows of that can help slow the growth of excess hair and at the same time wouldn’t hurt a pregnant woman in the interm? 

One of my sisters who is a lot older than I am has CAH (she has never tested for it but it’s clear looking at her she’s got the creepy gene too).  My sister has had electrolysis done on her face many years ago and when I look at her face she has a bad case of skin discolouration.  In the summer time it gets worse with the sun so around her upper lip and chin, I can see some really dark unnatural looking areas that are quite hard to cover with foundations/cover-up etc.  Also, that same sister went for laser hair removal on her face (when this option for hair removal was still new to canada and very expensive- $4000+  for 3 treatments all over the face) and she said that 1 it hurt a LOT and 2 the majority of facial hair grew back.

Is this what’s going to happen to me in the future?  I’ll still remain hairy and eventually will get so discoloured on the face that I’ll have another thing to be upset about!?   Grrrrr!!!

Okay this is on a more personal note and I hope that you people will be open minded about my next question...

To start, I am a very happily married female!  I love my hubby with all my heart and hope that the feelings/care we have for each other will never end.    On that note, I am also a bi-sexual female and have been attracted to other girls for about 10 years now.  Sometimes I wonder if having a large amount of testosterone is maybe the reason for my interest in beautiful women but I have never known anyone else with CAH let alone any bi-sexual ones to share questions/stories with.  If anyone here can relate to this topic of conversation and wishes to get back to me out of this public setting you can email me personally.   Although, I have no problem sharing with everyone else.   In fact, I  almost prefer to discuss all topics in the open here as I feel it will better inform others on the many diverse ramifications of CAH and empower us all with a greater understanding.

Sorry to take up so much space & thanks for those who took the time to read my latest chapter!  haha

Jenna