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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP here. Yes, it really could be hormone and/or growth spurt related. I remember feeing so randomly emotional at times at that age. Thanks for the idea of taking her out to a restaurant to make a plan. Maybe a doctor visit would be good. At her grandparents' house over break she kept oddly guzzling OJ and I know thirst can be a symptom.

With behavior stuff it's so hard to figure out the balance of just ignoring vs. having consequences for rudeness. [/quote]

I became a vegetarian at about that age. Meat didn't make me feel good. My folks thought it was a phase and ideological. Turns out, I was working around gall stones and had a bad attack after a few months where even cheese made me sick.

It's the behavior that's the issue. But, with the hormones happening and being hungry all the time, I'd err on the safe side and have her checked out before addressing it with anything but compassion. If there's a way to bring her into the process of figuring this out, that would be best. She's not the problem, per se. Y'all need to work together to resolve this. A shared Google search on elimination diets, celiac, gall stones,...general digestive problems would create a common ground from you both to work from together.

Guzzling OJ seems like something that will suddenly make sense once you guys understand the bigger picture.

GL.
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