@Linda, Yes, much so. I look at the teenage boys in the neighborhood and my own just out of teenagerhood students and get a sense of what they might be going through. @Farmwifetwo, I was glad they told us about the possibility of medical supervision throughout the med change. Certainly we knew we had to take it extra seriously. I would say, I have been hesitant to give Charlei emergency meds fast enough and now know at the first sign, give. One complication with temporary placement in a facility would have been that Charlie would have had a reaction to that on its own, and then there'd be the task of separating those responses from those from going off meds. I see such fluctuating hormones too. Haven't figure out a pattern and they are not routine -- so much as ever to learn.

Charlie is quite the 'trainer'--

@Barbara, thank you for mentioning all of that -- Charlie does have some testing ahead of him. As ever, getting a blood draw requires a bit of planning and prep--