(04-11-2015, 02:32 PM)OHboobs Wrote: There are people who take the pharmaceuticals with goal of stopping in the middle (and have done so.) However, pharmaceuticals require a prescription, and it's very difficult to get a prescription if you're not planning to go all the way.
It may be difficult in some places, but in the USA there are more and more practitioners that follow the informed consent (IC) model, no therapist involved. If you are an adult you can sign a document acknowledging the risk you are taking and the expected and possible unknown long term effects of HRT. What a concept allowing folks the right to decide their own fate.
One of the most common IC HRT providers are Planned Parenthood (PP). There are actually 3 PP offices in my southern state that will provide IC HRT. That is one reason I chose not to start PM this time around. Since HRT is a viable option with virtually no barriers I thought it would be safer to take the HRT route.
That said, I have zero plans to ever present as a woman.