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[quote=Anonymous]My dd is 16 and has been struggling with her weight since @age 9. She’s 5’9, 220lbs and really wants to lose weight but she is terrified of developing an eating disorder and doesn’t do a great job of watching what she eats although she mostly eats very healthy and eats less than my other two younger children and always has. We’ve done meal planning and recording and she doesn’t want to become obsessive about it. Trust me when I say she really does eat extremely well for a teen.

DH has been on zepbound for a little over a year, has lost @40lbs and is so happy. He had always been relatively slim but struggled to keep it that way and had gained 40ish lbs in the last 5 years. He’s also touting the benefits of the drugs having positive effects on his cholesterol, A1C, etc. His family all are overweight or obese and it seems those genes have passed onto one of our kids.

DD also struggles with heavy and debilitating periods and we’ve ruled out pcos but birth control isn’t helping. I do wonder if she lost some weight if she would feel better with regard to her periods as well. Her gyn did agree that losing weight could help but didn’t have anything else to say about it.

DH thinks we should try to get her on one of the glp1s but I’m concerned about its affect on an adolescent (though I do think she’s finished growing or close to it, she’s had her period for 3 years). 
Does anyone have experience with a teen going on one? I know her regular pediatrician wouldn’t prescribe it so I don’t even know where to look or what kind of doctor might recommend it for a teen.

And please no judgement - this is simply one of the channels I am exploring and one of the many places I’m going for advice. [/quote]

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