Precocious puberty. Please tell me these moods and attitude will at least also finish earlier than usual

[NoniRose]

DD is seven and is in precocious puberty.

We seem to be in the thick of mood swings, and particularly a general teenage ‘attitude’ that naively we thought we still wouldn’t see for a while.

If your DD has been through this, is it unrealistic of us to hope that it means these mood swings and banging our heads against a wall will also end earlier than ‘normal’? Or does precocious puberty bring an even longer stage of this instead?

Because right now I could really do with hearing the former - and if not, commiserations and a bloody strong gin.

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Guessing she's seen a GP?
Is she just being monitored?

Yes, she has been diagnosed. We need to decide re medication. I’ve forgotten to ask her consultant so far about this aspect, so I’m looking for lived experiences reassurance.

Bump for the evening crowd

My dd had precocious puberty but we put her on blockers till she was 11, so possibly not relevant to you. I will say that she has a range of other difficulties but the puberty didn't help and I found her very challenging to parent from the age of 7. By 13 she was much calmer and easier.

@Ketzele Thank you so much for replying. It’s really reassuring of you.

My DD is additionally awaiting assessment for autism, with a dx seeming highly likely (strong female presentation). I’m not sure if that’s the same sort of difficulty your DD has had. It’s meant we initially chalked everything up to that, but it really does seem that hormones are now hugely at play, too.

Can I ask how you know she is in precocious puberty OP? Is it physical changes? My seven year old has some big mood swings /huffing/stomping/slamming doors episodes etc and I do wonder sometimes what is to come when she’s thirteen if she’s only seven now! She’s tall and big for her age. At the same time can be a total sweetie and very young child like (I mean appropriate for the age).

Early or delayed puberty - NHS
blood tests, brain scans and x-rays along with signs of development (breast or menses)

Mishmashs, maturity of behaviour isn't a clue - my dd was quite immature, with poor regulation and disordered attachment (she co-slept with me till the age of ten, which will get very disapproved of on here but was absolutely necessary for her). It made the contrast with her height even more jarring.
For diagnosis, they did blood tests and bone scans and scans of her pubic aarea.The bone scan seemed particularly important - she had the bone density of a teenager already.

Nonirose, not autism no, but ADHD, disordered attachment and poor regulation (she is adopted and had a difficult start) plus difficulties at home (my then dp acting in bizarre and abusive ways, later diagnosed as young onset Alzheimers which was a shock).

Tbh I should have got her diagnosed earlier, but I just thought she was at the young end of normal. Turns out there is a difference between young end of normal and central precocious puberty syndrome, which is something to do with the pituitary gland.

I was reluctant to consider puberty blockers but I'm glad we went ahead. She is now out the other side, average height, healthy and beautiful, still with some problems but kind, loyal, funny and a joy to be with.

Hey - late to the party but - my daughter was diagnosed with CPP at 7 and is nearly 10 now. We're also waiting for autism and ADHD diagnosis. What did you decide regarding medicating in the end? We did the hormone blocker injections for a year but the anxiety caused by anticipating them outweighed the benefits at the time, although now we're in the thick of puberty things are pretty stressful all the time so it's swings and roundabouts I guess. Hope things are going well for you guys.