Ask Matt: Can Hormones Solve Mental Health Issues?
July 30, 2012 by Matt Kailey
http://tranifesto.com/2012/07/30/ask-matt-can-hormones-solve-mental-health-issues/A reader writes: "Two years ago, I noticed enough moodiness and behavior changes in my 20-year-old daughter that I asked her what was up, and she told me she thought she was male. Out of the blue.
"So many stories I come across have a person knowing at a very early age that they were in the wrong body or somehow different. There were no signs of gender dysphoria with my child, and nothing seemed amiss until he went to college.
"He is highly intelligent and talented, and has always had a circle of diverse friends. But he's battling depression and is on Prozac, has a sense of alienation, and is having some rather dark thoughts. He has found a doctor willing to start T without a letter from a therapist, and he wants to start soon. The only therapist he's seen is a college counselor who told me he wouldn't feel qualified to write a letter.
