Quote from: Dena on August 04, 2015, 07:59:04 PM
Went and check the standards and what I said still stand. I said they MAY not be permitted until you are 18. The reason for this is what your mother has said. Until you turn 18, you are a minor and as such are still under the control of your parents. If your parents are agreeable, sex hormones might be started sooner. On the other hand, sex hormones will not always stop additional male development. In my case, blockers weren't available so I only had sex hormones and they didn't really stop male hormone production. For now, you priority should be blockers. If you can get sex hormones, that's all the better but for now, you want to stop any more changes. The rest will come in two to three years.
Well OP you are on a good way.
You are going to see a therapist.
Talk to them, tell them you want to start hormones and why. They might help talk to your mum.
Often hormone therapy consists of an estrogen and an anti androgen component, which might help with stopping.
In older days only estrogens were available.
There still is a form of hormone therapy with injections or implants, where estrogen alone is used to drive e into the female range and t down into the male range.
Additionally it might be of advantage if a social transition is done before college.
You might talk this all through with your therapist.
And, as said, they should help explain to your mom.
If you feel you should go for hormones, talk that through with your therapist.
wish you luck
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