[bryony]

The other thing to realise is that some people (I am one) who have a desperate desire to become female only as long as their testosterone levels are high. When their libido goes, they find the need to present totally as a female is diminished substantially.

This effect is known as "Testosterone Toxicity" and described here: http://avitale.com/TNote15Testosterone.htm

Byrony,

I wish I had bumped into you years ago. Your knowledge on these subjects has helped me immensely in understanding myself and my feelings (and in getting them under control).

Hi Misty,

that's nice of you, though I didn't know it myself years ago! That paper was found by a contributor who doesn't visit any more called JulieTG. There are lots of other useful papers on Anne Vitale's site, by the way, though she does tend to think that transition is the most "normal" outcome... but then again, she is part of the medical/pharma orthodoxy.

...I just have to figure out how to explain all this to my doctor!

Misty

That's the trouble. I really wish I was dynamic enough to start a movement that could push this wonderful, safe, herbal alternative to the medical treadmill. The problem is, pharm companies aren't interested in researching the effects of herbal medicines - there isn't any money in it - and governments like to hive off most of the research to the pharm companies, it seems. What grant monies they have nowadays are used to finance politicised science, like "Climate Change" or "how to implement a globalised socialist system for massive transfers of capital from the West to the third world, whilst lining the pockets of all the politicians involved". (Oops - my cynicism is showing!)

B.