[bryony]

yes the Dysphoria would explain it, and it "melted" away less than an hour after taking some PM.

best way I can describe it without a needless long explanation.

Your experience is pretty much what we all find in doing that. The time taken and intensity naturally varies from person to person, but the underlying symptoms are there.

It just goes to show what a strange bag of chemicals we are. Conditions in my life that hitherto I used to rationalise my depression have not changed, yet I can address them positively now, or accept what I cannot do anything about.

I'm pretty sure that all forms of depression are caused by endocrine imbalances, e.g. post-natal depression.

What's annoying is that (from what I read) doctors in my country ("universal healthcare")wouldn't prescribe Estrogen to fix my mental health without insisting that I spend some months in a dress! (I may be wrong - I haven't been to find out). Once that happens I guess you are pretty much committed.

And yet, having forced people to look freakish (unless they are lucky enough to look naturally feminine) they won't do anything to help them look the part in terms of cosmetic surgery... just reengineer the normally invisible plumbing in case they (a) fancy men and (b) get very lucky indeed.

Thank God for herbal remedies.... as long as the EU or the FDA don't take sufficient bribes from the Pharma people to put the kibosh on it!

B.