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nessa238
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07 Feb 2013, 9:01 am

Raziel wrote:

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I am very interested to find out how you know you are in the 'wrong body' if you don't know what being in a male body
is like ie you have no physical experience of it

Well, to imagine how it is to have no breasts is not that difficult, I had no as a child.
Is it more a self-identity thing and not being able to stand the feminine parts on the body and not seing them as part of myself.

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Also, if you identified as Gender queer, which means a person doesn't sign up to the norms of gender, how come you want to change gender ie if gender wasn't relevant to you why has it become relevant enough to want to change it?

I don't do that because of society and I'm not very interested in the fact how society sees the gender roles.
I'm in this way genderqueer that I don't care about those social norms.

I want to be happy and not please anyone with what I do or don't do.

"I don't do that because of society and I'm not very interested in the fact how society sees the gender roles.
I'm in this way genderqueer that I don't care about those social norms."

This does not make logical sense when taken with the fact you want to change your body to fit in with what society sees as masculine ie you want to conform to society's idea of masculinity

If you aren't interested in how society sees gender roles, why are you so focused on wanting to conform to society's idea of
how a man 'should look' by going to the extreme extent of changing your body?

I would say you are wanting to be overly conformist to the outward presentation of masculinity rather than non-conformist

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07 Feb 2013, 10:11 am

nessa238 wrote:

Nittrus wrote:

nessa238 wrote:

Nittrus wrote:

nessa238 wrote:

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I avoid psychiatrists and only see psychologists as they can not prescribe medication most of the time.
Back in my teen years they gave up trying medication on me as it either ended in 2 ways, I was rendered useless (drone) unable to do school work or anything or it made me worse.

Since then I have a strict no medication rule, not to mention me being Buddhist, it's hard to have a clear mind with medications that alter who you are and your behavior. I have considered a mild anti-depressant but am afraid of the side effects but also, when I was on estrogen and testosterone blockers (when I had a job) I felt better, I didn't have any of the depression that I have had over the years, but now I can't afford it and well that adds so much to my depression since my last job in 2009 since I am transgender on top of being mildly Autistic, General Anxiety Disorder, Dysthymia and likely a touch of Agoraphobia.

So it's been a challenge for me, but no one is forcing me to take medication. That sorta thing is barbaric and old fashioned, most doctors avoid such things now or at least respectable ones following standards of practice such as the DSM, most of the pushy doctors who work against you instead of with you moved south or lived in the southern states to begin with and many ignore the DSM all together, but it's not a requirement for them to follow.

There needs to be more of a centralized medical authority in this country to regulate mental health treatment like there is with medical treatment and food and drug enforcement, it's the one area that's left that isn't really regulated properly and much is left to the doctors to choose what is right, some doctors shouldn't even be practicing because they use thinking far out of date from like the 30's still and out right treat us like sub human or animals or worse at times.

It's very interesting that you say you felt better when you were on oestrogen and testosterone blockers. I went on the mini-pill - which is Progesterone only, several months ago and that has made me feel a lot better. Progesterone on it's own balances out the amount of Oestrogen/reduces it if it's too high so it is a form of Oestrogen blocker.

The production of these hormones is affected in autism by certain genes. Perhaps you could take the Mini-pill/progesterone-only pill as a substitute for the oestrogen blockers?

Well since I am MtF trans I want to be going the other way, not blocking estrogen but blocking instead testosterone, but generally speaking estrogen has a calming affect as long as you have the right balance and it's not competing with testosterone.

My oestrogen levels were too high as I was getting excessive bleeding during periods. The progesterone-only pill has made me feel a lot calmer and stopped the heavy bleeding. Too much or unbalanced/unopposed oestrogen can cause cancer. This is why HRT is a major risk factor for breast cancer.

OH, OK, lol, your female, durp, that makes more sense now suddenly!

Can I ask why you thought I was male?

I would have thought nessa would be seen as a female name

People often seem unsure due to my posting style which in my opinion is often gender-neutral

Quite honestly I didn't even notice the name, when I reply I tend to reply simply to the words, it's a bad habit.
However, just because I was unaware that you were female doesn't mean I thought you were a guy, it really didn't occur to me and gender wasn't on my mind at all when I replied thus it lead me to a durp moment in realizing you had a gender and that it is female, LOL

I had a major wtf moment where I forgot about genders.. I haven't a clue why other than I don't tend to think in binary ways.

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07 Feb 2013, 10:30 am

Well now we're off topic, lol

But as far as me, I've never felt like a male, male things are curious to me, I don't like most male activities but then again I don't "like" many female "activities". I'm not male, that I know and I know 100% I would be happier with a female body, in fact it's the one thing I've not ever been unsure of, ever, everything else I tend to change my mind allot if I am ever sure to begin with!

I may be a bit intersexed as well but I don't have the money for a karyotype test (something like 2 grand) and insurance as well as medicaid do not cover it. I do not have a Adam's Apple to speak of which is a sign of being intersexed as well as never developing masculine muscles, they tended to be more slender and feminine which doesn't really mean much, but together makes one question if it is the case. Another odd thing is I get UTI's like once a year at least and several doctors say that is odd for a male and when I ended up with a UTI and severe kidney infection they CAT scanned me and Ultrasounded my bladder and found nothing wrong, they suspected an additional kidney or something to show up, so that has me wondering, but then again rules out me being a herm as that would have shown up, LOL, but then again I didn't get to see the results despite requesting a copy by mail which never showed up, so for all I know is they thought it was weird and didn't want me knowing or something, I don't know. I doubt it.

But yeah, there has been news of Medicaid being in review possibly adding coverage for the transition process and SRS surgery and I signed a petition on Change.org asking the President to back it, so things may get a bit better for us trans in those respects.

Sadly as of last September there is no more Gender Identity Disorder and instead it's just Gender Dysphoria according to the APA vote and the new DSM will reflect that, so public insurance companies are starting to drop SRS from there plans and will be doing so more and more I'm sure once the DSM goes into print. I am both for and against that change due to the fact suicides will be going on as a result (more than likely, hold on boys and girls, it will get better) but at the same time we are no longer considered mentally ill.

Hmm, I think a new topic has come along which if not already going I might open, "How many of as with ASD are also Trans?"
Don't answer that here, lol, I will search for the topic and perhaps start it as a poll, I am genuinely curious about it. o.o

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07 Feb 2013, 10:34 am

Actually we are far off-topic!

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07 Feb 2013, 10:42 am

Indeed and that was.. my final contribution to being off topic, but wait there's more, lol,
link to the forum I said I was starting with poll http://www.wrongplanet.net/postp5209365.html#5209365

OK I'm done now, promise, unless of course it is to be on topic. Sorry, please continue everyone! lol

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