A priest with problems pre-teen.

[Treesh]

A good staff helps.  I suffered with my priest until I found a good melee weapon.

My typical encounter at that level was to start with SW:P from maximum range, wand them as they closed, after they have got a swipe or two on me I cast Shield, then renew, then melee or wand until my damage is about 1/2 and I when can reshield, then I heal myself, reapply SW:P as needed and etc. etc. etc.

Once at 14 you can cast Psychic Scream, and using it against beasts you will not have add problems.
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My priests melee frequently as well, especially while young.

Don't start with your quickest cast spell to lure them in. Draw them with your longest casting spell. At Jarulf's level it's smite. Since they haven't aggroed you, you won't be interrupted with the long cast time. As they are running to you, then cast mindblast with the shorter cast time since you'll have less time to cast, but while they are running it still gives you breathing room without having the cast be interrupted. Now that they are on you, pop a pain, make sure inner fire isn't going to go down, hit a renew and melee to your heart's content. While you're meleeing and pain is doing all that damage for you, your mana will be regening so you can either fire off another offensive spell or your lesser heal or if things are really bad, a shield. Using that setup, all my priests at that level have little to no downtime and if you get an add, you'll have enough mana to deal with the add as well.