[tanysquirrel]

i had posted something regarding this eslewhere in forums today .....blame your hypothalamus for GD, read the whole page.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hypothalmus

at one time women were give shots of a certain chemical to prevent miscarriage but was discontinued as it had caused the child to have birth defects and/or gd. i believe it was shots of progesterone invitro but i dont recall 100%. both my oldest sibling and i both suffer from GD. we both were transitioning without knowing each other was. i had not spoken with my oldest siblng for a decade as she fell off grid for a bit and lost touch. however i had read about gd and the hypothalamus being hardwired at birth due to high doses of female hormones penetrating the blood-brain barrier of the hypothalamus. In transexxuals and those with gd it has been noted that the hypothalamus was of different size than that of a male. it was not able to be determined wheter it was due to the transexual's use of HRT or if it was from birth since the location of the hypothalamus is only accessible post-mortem via autopsy.