I have been diagnosed with CAH with a rare 3BetaHSD defficiency.  I have not yet been given any hormones and have not seen an endocrinologist yet. However I am 19 and have noticed that increasingly and especially over the last year I have started gaining for no reason at all.  I excercise a lot and have gone down to 800 calories a day and still have weight gain.  I have also been very depressed as i have had serious stomach problems and many others and have not been able to continue my ballet.  It has been hard but my curiosity and medical knowledge has allowed me to find a lot of hope.  Please have your daughter email me if she needs someone to talk to because I have learned that as much knowledge as is available, sometimes people will not understand and accept something if they themselves have not experienced it.  I spent four years with this disease undiagnosed because no one would listen.  I wish your daughter all the hope in the world.

yours truly