Chloe Cole

No.

So that's interesting.

I actually was not present, I don't think, for this.

And they were telling this to my mom and dad behind my back without me telling anybody that I was suicidal.

Maybe I said that I was depressed, but—

I wanted to just be happy.

I didn't want to die.

I wanted to live and I wanted to live more than ever.

So, yes, we were referred to an endocrinologist and –

About halfway through my eighth grade year was when I was given the first two prescriptions.

So they gave me a drug called Lupron, which is considered to be a puberty-blocking drug.

It stops the connection between the brain and the gonads, so the...

So I stopped having menses.

I stopped developing completely while I was on them.

And because I was already in puberty, I basically started to experience menopause.

So at 13 years old, I was going through hot flashes.

I was going through these like uncomfortable physical sensations.

And I just felt emotionally numb while I was on them.

So you can imagine it's like, okay, I want to move on to the next thing because this sucks.

I want to be off of this train.