Ok this is where you try and find that line between normal childhood behavior, or wondering if CAH has a factor in it. My daughter how has always been a very happy child but lately she has been feeling sad by bed time. She says she doesn’t know why. I think she is not getting enough sleep either. I don’t know. She has started with the breast buds and I was wondering if it had to do with hormonal changes that are starting to happen, OR we did some changes in her med. scheduling, OR she was undersuppressed last check so we did an increase and this is her levels off kilter, OR these are the affects of her struggling with school, OR this is a 8 and half old normal kid thing. I remember as child going through this enormous burden of realizing my parents would die one day. It was shortly after I lost my grandfather and cat. I remember feeling SO sad and just crying for hours. She hasn’t cried though. Maybe she should and get it over with. I don’t know but it pains me to know my child is this sad. I want to cry when I think about it. We talk constantly. Very open about EVERYTHING. I just wonder if school is just overwhelming her. We talk on this board about the stresses an adult with CAH can face when trying to hold down a full time job. I wonder if this coincides with children when they are enduring a rough school year. I think to myself, "Can her body not physically handle this mental stress that she is enduring?" Is this what leads to the sadness by evening? I just don’t know. Any thoughts everyone?