Reply To: Transgender Transition
Let me start by saying that anyone using HRT should be under a doctors care. There are many places like Planned Parenthood when you can get an office visit, fill out informed consent paper work and get hormones under a doctors care. Hormones are a powerful chemical upon the body and the brain. That said.
I’ve been on HRT for 30 years now. First saw my endocrinologist in Jan 1989. Things have changed some from back then but the basics remain the same. You will become more empathic (in touch with other’s feelings) and feel your emotions more. I cry even when I watch a drama on TV. It’s just a new normal. I worked as an operator at a nuclear power plant, went to college and truck driver all while on HRT. The stories of real issues come from too high of a dose or injections spaced too far apart. Slow and stead is the key. Trans (aka puberty) takes time. It also works better the younger you are.
Hormones possibly require surgery to undo. Please ensure this is the right step for you and you are doing this for the right reasons.