suffering with general life

[Elanore joey]

so after coming out early summer this iv started living as my female self probably 90 to 95 percent of the time but this last month or so iv been having a hard time with depression and at times being aggressive to people who offend me and i dont know how to deal with my doctor has put me on the anti depressant fluxotine which i have a review for next week but how do other people who are transsexual live with people down the street staring and laughing and making offensive comments because the way i feel at the moment im going to end up either dead, in prison or in a mental asylum (no joke) and the fact if it was the first one i would not care (im not suicidal i just would not if i died tomorro)

and before anyone says just ignore it (which is what my family and friends say) i cant iv ignored abuse for the whole of my childhood btw im now 20
my doctor knows that i am transsexual and my referral to charring cross gic and she is the one person that i can talk openly to

any advise please

[Devlyn]

Big hug! Understand that people are like that, but they only make themselves look bad. My advice is follow the advice in your own signature.

Hugs, Devlyn

[Jennygirl]

Are you taking the fluxotine instead of doing hormone replacement therapy, or in addition to it?

I only ask because antidepressants are like putting a band aid over the problem, compared to hrt which has been shown a much more effective treatment for gender dysphoria.

So my main question is: have you started HRT? If not, it might be something worth considering / trying out.

[evecrook]

I took anti depressants  for depression. then stopped antidepressants and started HRT and felt much better.

[Elanore joey]

hi thanks for the help
i have not started any real treatment i havnt even had my first appointment at the gic but i have thought about hormones but i would just depend on the price and wether my gp would support me and where to get them from without a prescription