I've been debating posting this for a while, but for some reason I feel I should, but I will keep it as short as I can.
Please keep in mind that I have relatives siblings and parents whom have an extremely negative view (mostly due to a total lack of understanding of the problem) of GID/TG etc.
I can't really remember when Gender Dysphoria fist reared it's head with me, but if their is one point when it became a problem it's when puberty hit, more or less overnight I went from very clear thinking to my thought processes being in a perpetual fog of extreme stress that didn't appear to have any source, and it was severe enough that by the age of 25 my hair had about as much grey as someone in their 50's usualy does.
The first time I had GID Suggested as a potential cause was during a dr's appointment, I didn't pay much thought to it and more or less ignored the suggestion, years later during a brief hospital stay I was tested for GID I dont remember all of the details (was very sick) but from what I remember they couldn't get me to calm down and rest (I had lost my control over the GID stress) long story short they somehow ended up giving me the estrogen test, the results I do remember, they were more or less instant, it was as if someone had flipped a switch and I was suddenly calm, clear of thought and relaxed, I was diagnosed with Gender Identity Dysphoria (as it was called at the time).
My Doctor during a checkup had an endo present who recommended further tests and HRT, but, being extremely distrustful of doctors and having lost a number of friends and relatives to malpractice or prescription medications that killed them and also with the requirement of having to tell at least part of my family, I declined.
After some time of the Dysphoria gnawing at me endlessly I eventually found this site, and started taking PM and haven't regretted it once.
On a side note I fairly recently found out by chance that my GD issues go deeper in the way of having been born intersexed, but that is a discussion for another time/posting.
I do still wish that my family/relatives would through some completely unrelated means gain proper understanding of Gender Dysphoria Issues in the near future.
Please excuse me if I have been somewhat vague/elusive/cryptic on some things, but it's difficult for me to dredge up some of this stuff.
Please keep in mind that I have relatives siblings and parents whom have an extremely negative view (mostly due to a total lack of understanding of the problem) of GID/TG etc.
I can't really remember when Gender Dysphoria fist reared it's head with me, but if their is one point when it became a problem it's when puberty hit, more or less overnight I went from very clear thinking to my thought processes being in a perpetual fog of extreme stress that didn't appear to have any source, and it was severe enough that by the age of 25 my hair had about as much grey as someone in their 50's usualy does.
The first time I had GID Suggested as a potential cause was during a dr's appointment, I didn't pay much thought to it and more or less ignored the suggestion, years later during a brief hospital stay I was tested for GID I dont remember all of the details (was very sick) but from what I remember they couldn't get me to calm down and rest (I had lost my control over the GID stress) long story short they somehow ended up giving me the estrogen test, the results I do remember, they were more or less instant, it was as if someone had flipped a switch and I was suddenly calm, clear of thought and relaxed, I was diagnosed with Gender Identity Dysphoria (as it was called at the time).
My Doctor during a checkup had an endo present who recommended further tests and HRT, but, being extremely distrustful of doctors and having lost a number of friends and relatives to malpractice or prescription medications that killed them and also with the requirement of having to tell at least part of my family, I declined.
After some time of the Dysphoria gnawing at me endlessly I eventually found this site, and started taking PM and haven't regretted it once.
On a side note I fairly recently found out by chance that my GD issues go deeper in the way of having been born intersexed, but that is a discussion for another time/posting.
I do still wish that my family/relatives would through some completely unrelated means gain proper understanding of Gender Dysphoria Issues in the near future.
Please excuse me if I have been somewhat vague/elusive/cryptic on some things, but it's difficult for me to dredge up some of this stuff.