Prescribed HRT

[Magicka]

Ok,   I really need to see a doctor to get my meds legit very soon. I have been sorry to say uummm ahem self medding for a long time now. The thing is my doses have had to go haywire back and forth and lower doses here higher there etc because finances were short and are even more short these days. I'm soooo sad because for a while I could take a nice high dose of estrogen and the full dose of spiro too but now that I have to cut down more than ever 1.5 yeas later after starting I'm skimping on the lowest dosages possible and it's showing now. I AM REMASCULINIZING!! Cutting my dosage to 1/3rd what they were is not helping me.

I still look rather fem a little more on the andr side nearly a 60/40 split leaning more towards the fem side though. How likely in northern california, Red Bluff CA will I be able to get on hrt? I have Anthem Blue Cross from Social Services I'm low income barely scrapping by near poverty level. I think I should be straightforward to my future pcp and say that I have been taking hrt unprescribed bring my med containers and say that I loved the changes they brought on my body and mind. That would be convincing enough with my androgynous fairly fem appearance and high voice to get hrt based on informed consent right?! I even have female clothes I wear that I can wear to the appointment to be more convincing.

Here are pictures of my face looks horrible! I used to look better not lately with my up again down again doses..

A vacant room I don't but for storage messy oops!

http://imgur.com/a/8cIeG

yeah, I guess I look more like a teen andro boy who happens to have nearly a cup boobs and semi wide hips. So yeah very disappointing. I need permanent facial hair removal and higher dose hrt.

Please help I hope I don't have to have psych appointments I know I'm female.. I hope I'm convincing enough!

[Dena]

You need to read your insurance policy to see what it covers as they are all written differently. I suspect as your policy was issued in California, it carries provisions for treating gender issues.  As for finding treatment, the department of education seems to run events in the areas and you can find them by searching for "red bluff lgbt". I did a bit more searching and found this link. On another issue I was dealing with last night, I did a little searching to obtain medications. My estradiol prescription from walmart runs about $20 for a 6 month supply. Obtaining it illegally ran 70 cents a pill. Obtaining my prescription through legal means even with the cost of a therapist or doctor tossed in could be far cheaper over the long run. You might also check out planned parent hood as many do informed consent where you can obtain medical treatment without the need for extensive therapy.

You shouldn't worry about therapy appointments. With a properly trained gender therapist, what you think or feel is more important than how you appear. Even almost 40 years ago, I was able to start HRT while presenting fully male and the standards have been greatly relaxed over the years. Your best bet would be to see what resources are available in your areas and if you are lucky, you might discover you have access to surgery should you desire it in addition to the other medical care you might require.

[Magicka]

Thanks for the link, redding is only two towns away from with chico around the same distance which is even more open minded. I also did some research myself and found that a clinic in my city actually asks on the initial patient registration sheet if the patient is trans or not. I take that to mean that they accept trans patients I'll give them a call. Reading through my insurance info it does indeed cover transgender care(super happy about that!)

Thank you again next monday I'm getting on the ball contacting these places and getting my transition really going hopefully soon! Enough of this going in the dark not even knowing where my body and bloodwork is standing it's getting to stressful to self med and WAY to expensive.


Thanks again!