Before Hrt?

[Guest LittleKaitlyn]

Hey, my friend's mom mentioned to me i might need to do TWO YEARS of RLT before I can even have hormones!

Just curious as to if this is true?

[Guest Elizabeth K]

I don't know British Health Services practices. That is not true here in the USA.

Lizzy

[Guest Donna Jean]

Hey, my friend's mom mentioned to me i might need to do TWO YEARS of RLT before I can even have hormones!

Just curious as to if this is true?

I dunno.....

Maybe one of our Brit girls will have something about this....

Here in the states most don't need any RLT at all to start HRT!

Huggs

Donna Jean

[Guest 91curiouskitten]

That kinda seems contradictory doesnt it? Wont Hrt help RLT go by smoother?

[Guest jazz92]

hi

i got told the same by my psychiatrist about having to do 2 years RLE but when i went to gender clinic i got told 6 months when you go full time. but for how long you have to wait for an appointment for the gender clinic it would be more like a year, with the NHS it's just a game of wait and see just don't hold out for starting any time soon.

[Guest Donna Jean]

That kinda seems contradictory doesnt it? Wont Hrt help RLT go by smoother?

That's how I feel, Kitten....

I've been on HRT 2 years now and just went full time within the last few months...

I certainly would NOT have gone full time without the aid of HRT!

Donna Jean

[Guest LittleKaitlyn]

That's how I was thinking, what hope do I have of passing without HRT?!

[Guest Donna Jean]

That's how I was thinking, what hope do I have of passing without HRT?!

No....no....no....

It's totally doable...Many can pass wonderfully without HRT...

but, if you use the NHS (?) in your country...you'll have to jump through their hoops..

Donna Jean

[Guest tiffany_marie]

For what it's worth, I've heard about this sort of thing being a lot more common in England.

I certainly don't agree with it.

It's one thing to live at least a year full time before GCS/SRS

Having to live full time at all, before starting HRT seems a bit much for me.

My therapist is willing to work with me and knows I'm not going full time anytime soon, we still plan on conservatively starting HRT in either late Spring/early Summer.

Wish nothing but the best for you!

[Guest Jenni_S]

Hey, my friend's mom mentioned to me i might need to do TWO YEARS of RLT before I can even have hormones!

Just curious as to if this is true?

It certainly can be done. I began my RLT about just short of six months before HRT. I don't think I'd have been any less nervous before starting, either way! But really, it just comes down to being able to do it, and showing your own confidence. I was bound and determined to make this work, and had built up my confidence by seeing others in a support group, and talking with them about it. If they could do it, what would prevent me from doing it? And that proved to be right!

[Guest cindi_]

The Harry Benjamin International Gender Dysphoria Association provides the following eligibility criteria for transgender adults seeking hormone therapy:

Eligibility

* Legal age of majority (age 18 in the United States)

* Demonstrable knowledge of what hormones can and cannot medically do and hormone benefits and risks

* Either real-life experience of at least 3 months living in the desired role or a period of psychotherapy (usually at least 3 months) specified by a mental health professional

I chose the psychotherapy for 3 months over the RLE. Do to the fact that, trying to pass as a female in this town with out hormones is tough tough tough tough tough!!!!! So, where you are on the map, could be a determining factor. I don't think it should be mandatory to do one or the other. Its not, its a either-or thing!!

Now, i know girls that want to live as women and don't care what they look like. I think we all have to take our lumps in the real world to perfect being a woman. You have to practice!! With or without hormones, you need the practice.

Cindi_