Im 16 years and 9.5 months old and a Junior in High School and currently 5’7.5 in height. But the problem is I’ve been 5’7.5 since I was 12 years old in the 7th grade. I never really had a growth spurt I just grew large at a young age, in the 5th grade I was about 5’4 and in the 6th I was about 5’6, and then I reached 5’7.5 once i entered 7th grade. I was the biggest and tallest kid on most of my basketball teams and classes, as the grades progressed I seen my friends gradually surpass me in height and before I knew it my friends were 6’2, 6’3, 6’4, and some even 6’5. Now I’m pretty sure it’s not because I stunted my growth or anything. I started lifting weights at 14 years old once I became a freshman in high-school, I never drank coffee, and I’ve never done anything that could prevent me from growing. When I was 12 I asked the Doctor how tall I would be and she said 6’5 based off the rate I was growing and my Father being 6’2 and my Mother being around 5’6/5’7. Most of my friends who are taller than me by a large margin have parents shorter than mine. Now I understand I could’ve possibly started puberty early because I have a lot of body hair under my arms and on my stomach, but I find it hard to believe that I really just stopped growing at 12 years old…. Is there any possible way I will ever grow again I am going on 5 years without growing?!

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