Quote from: King Phoenix on July 06, 2016, 08:38:57 PM
Well, dare I ask but, what if I took more estrogen? Will that make me a woman? I don't want to be a man but I really do because it feels normal to me but I don't because I just wanna be what I was supposed to be. I feel like a freak. I hate this. Being trans only brings pain to the sufferer and those around them.

That won't stop the feelings of being trans.  The evidence indicates that the parts of the brain that are changed due to hormone irregularities and that make one trans become fixed after one is born.  For most, and this is my personal experience too, adding higher levels of T for mtf, or E for ftm, makes the dysphoria more intense and doesn't lessen it at all.


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Quote from: Deborah on July 06, 2016, 10:17:21 PM
For most, and this is my personal experience too, adding higher levels of T for mtf, or E for ftm, makes the dysphoria more intense and doesn't lessen it at all.

My experience as well.  When I was given injections of testosterone ("vitamin shots, so you'll grow up right") I just became irritated and confused.  The past several weeks I've been on the anti-androgen spironolactone.  The effect has been the opposite, with reduced dysphoria and a strong sense of calm.

The structures of the brain that differ between genders are not just those linked to sexual reproduction.  It now looks like there are differentiated regions that perform similar functions in a male and female brain, but are tailored to perform those functions in environments with differing levels of testosterone and estrogen compounds.  Put in the wrong mix, and performance is degraded. 

I don't like drugs or pharmaceuticals of any kind, but if there were a drug that would make me cis, I'd be happy to take it. For now, all that's available is the drugs to make me transition, and that helps so I take them as a second-best choice.

Quote from: kellykh on July 07, 2016, 06:26:42 AM
I don't like drugs or pharmaceuticals of any kind, but if there were a drug that would make me cis, I'd be happy to take it. For now, all that's available is the drugs to make me transition, and that helps so I take them as a second-best choice.

I totally get you.