Although I do NOT have CAH......My Granddaughter does. I DO however have a weight problem. I was ALWAYS very little and petite and as I got older and was put on anti depressants ( weight gain CAN and IS depressing) I have put on some extra weight. When I lived in Baltimore I went to John Hopkins weight loss center and realized how much emotions and weight are tied together. Learning to eat the right food at the right time and portion control helped me tremendously. The best thing and the MOST crucial thing I learned  was to keep a food diary of not only WHAT you eat , but how you feel when you are eating. I found I was eating when I was upset or felt overwhelmed about something. Keeping a food journal helped me define my understanding of FOOD and how it serves its purpose in my life. It is fuel for the body and very much needed for LIFE! If you skip your meds and meals........IF or better yet WHEN you become ill. You may be thin , but your teeth will suffer as will your hair and skin.  OK who wants a thin yucky person who can’t smile or hair  that is not shiny ect. Weight is not worth dying over.........a person is loved and cared about for who they are on the inside. Ask ANY of your friends and family if you were gone from this earth... What would you miss about me? I PROMISE you none of them will say the size of you hind end. THEY will say your courage for fighting a disorder you did not ask for/ your laughter for being able to laugh through the tough times/ your love for yourself for not giving up/strength for enduring the pain of CAH/all the wonderful traits you offer as a human being to your friends and loved ones. I can say things will get better....but I KNOW at 16 you need to find this out for yourself. Good Luck and KNOW that people really do care what happens to you and identify with the pain of being overweight. Keep a journal, write what hurts NOW. Someday you will read that journal and KNOW the pain was real,but very small in the grand scheme of life.

                                                                      Sincerely Cherry Lane

PS I have some of my journals when I was a teenager and now at 54 I read them and OH THAT PAIN was SOOOOOO BAD. But now I see that it was over such silly things! It does get better!