Hormones Or Anti-androgens

[Guest Ariana]

I've been kind of wondering, because I'd like to not have the evil hormone "testosterone" to deepen my voice. Soon, would be the ideal, since my voice is still kinda normal, I haven't taken the plunge of doom yet! But, I'm wayy too scared to come out to my parents yet, so I really don't know if there are any other ways to start on estrogen, or at least anti-androgens, in say, a few weeks or so from today. And I don't even know if I would qualify for hormones anyway, they might not like my suicidal tendencies all that much, I've got to say. Uhm, and if possibly, is there a way to know what dose I should take, or is that a doctor thing? I swear, with all my heart, I'll be careful not to overdose if it is a "doctor thing".

Thank you sooo much in advance!

[MaryEllen]

Yeah, it's a doctor thing. Taking hormones of any kind unsupervised is a dangerous and often deadly thing to do. What could be a safe dosage for one person could be quite deadly for another. Don't do it.

Talk to you doctor.

MaryEllen

[Sakura]

if you are planning to see a dr and you are a minor you will need your parents consent no doctor worth his medical license will give you such mind bending life altering drugs with out both you and your parents knowing the full scope of what they do

and even before you get to that point you would need to talk to a therapist that has a pretty good amount of knowledge about GID for any were from 3-8 months or longer probly longer since you say you have suicidal tendencies and before they would write you a letter they would probly requier seeing your parents getting thier thoughts and feeling about you being trans ect ect

i dont like pushing teens one way or the other but if you want to seriously take hrt at your age you need to come out to your parents they are the only ones in the world that can get the ball rolling for you

Sakue

[Guest AmyB]

I reckon you should talk to your parents and be 100% clear. I told mine not long ago and the hardest thing for them was that I'd kept something bottled up for so long and that I had felt I couldn't tell them. (They wished that I had and were sorry that I couldn't.)

Let them know how long you've thought about it and how it's impacted on your life and what you want to do. As my mum said to me when I told them, "Once you've got a child you can't help but love it, no matter what it does."

[Guest viv]

I've been kind of wondering, because I'd like to not have the evil hormone "testosterone" to deepen my voice. Soon, would be the ideal, since my voice is still kinda normal, I haven't taken the plunge of doom yet! But, I'm wayy too scared to come out to my parents yet, so I really don't know if there are any other ways to start on estrogen, or at least anti-androgens, in say, a few weeks or so from today. And I don't even know if I would qualify for hormones anyway, they might not like my suicidal tendencies all that much, I've got to say. Uhm, and if possibly, is there a way to know what dose I should take, or is that a doctor thing? I swear, with all my heart, I'll be careful not to overdose if it is a "doctor thing".

Thank you sooo much in advance!

Hi there Ariana, hope Im doin this right as its my first time . Good idea to let your folks know the situation. Re. hormones etc. , your doctor will most likely send you for a blood test

to check all is well . (Goin for mine end of Oct.) If all is ok with your health you will start an Androgen blocker and the preferred hormone regime of your doctor or his/her adviser.

Re. your ideas of suicide, you know its a good idea to talk to a counselor about those . You most likely have plenty of time to transition so take it easy on yourself. My 2 cents , hope

you get there . best of luck, viv.

[Guest Ariana]

Thank you everyone. *Sigh* Whatever ahaha. I guess I was just being impulsive yesterday after a freak out attack, I can't sing as high as I used to Eight months... I'll sound like a whale after that amount of time...

Oh god, now I'm crying again. I'm so sorry everyone. Oh, and viv, if you haven't mentioned it being your first time... I'd never have known!

[Guest Donna Jean]

Thank you everyone. *Sigh* Whatever ahaha. I guess I was just being impulsive yesterday after a freak out attack, I can't sing as high as I used to Eight months... I'll sound like a whale after that amount of time...

Oh god, now I'm crying again. I'm so sorry everyone. Oh, and viv, if you haven't mentioned it being your first time... I'd never have known!

Smart girl.......

I knew you had it in ya!

We tell you these things 'cause we love you....not to get in your case or make you cry.....OK?

LOVE

Donna Jean

[Guest angie]

As my mum said to me when I told them, "Once you've got a child you can't help but love it, no matter what it does."

Ah but the streets are full of the girls whose parents could not handle the thought

of their(son) becoming a girl.Go about this the right way.I would have a heart to heart

with your mother.Explain how you feel inside and ask for the help of professionals.

That way,if this truly is your path,your mom can be there to hear for herself it is not

all in your mind but a very real condition of gender identity issues.

Angie

[Guest Ariana]

That's another problem... I don't know how I'm going to tell my mother, because she told me before that she's so lucky to have a son, and I'm scared of letting her down.