Is this even remotely true? I've found incidental evidence of it being use for very early puberty and some rare ailments, but I have a feeling this will become a new talking point.

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[–]wokuspokus 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

Given the rarity of heavy periods as a medical condition, not a teenage girl going through the first year of so of mensturation (which tends to be heavier before hormone cycling fully settles), they’re talking nonsense. Not to mention how difficult it is for women to get doctors to take them seriously. There’d have been a handful of kids at the most.

Both sides are right with the reversibility argument. They CAN be reversible, definitely, particularly if treatment is stopped at a reasonably normal age for puberty (so early teens). However, they can also cause irreversible atrophy of the sex organs and infertility.

The risks are too great to give these to a confused child. Someone in their teens who is genuinely dysphoric (no other reason for their MH issues when their actually given some damn therapy and other possibilities explored) should be made aware of the potential side effects, but I’m not fully against it. But only with the safeguards of a full exploration of the patient’s mental health, parental consent, and all parties armed with all the knowledge they need to make a truly informed decision.

[–]MarkTwainiac 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

a reasonably normal age for puberty (so early teens)

Puberty is only considered "precocious" if it starts before 8 in girls & before 9 in boys. Average age puberty starts is 9-11 for girls, 11 for boys. So kids put on these drugs for precocious puberty are usually taken off them before their teens. [Edit to add: PP occurs almost exclusively in girls, & it seems that when blockers are used for girls, the standard is to stop the treatment by or at 10.]

Mayo Clinic says that for kids given GnRH analogues for PP, it takes an average of 16 months after stopping the drug for puberty to start.

In the US, gender vendor physicians are putting confused kids with "gender dysphoria" on puberty blockers as young as 8. These drugs are also often prescribed off-label to kids who are very short so they'll grow taller. But the unwanted effects of these drugs can be horrendous, causing permanent damage. The story of the pediatric use of these drugs, particularly Lupron, is scandalous & hair-raising:

https://www.statnews.com/2017/02/02/lupron-puberty-children-health-problems/