Physically sick from dysphoria

[Penrose-Pauling]

Does anyone else have this? I know I have very awful dysphoria- I get mad at just seeing a male. Things like learning about the differences between afab and amab biology makes me sick. My head and chest will hurt and my hands will shake, on the emotional side I just feel angry and depressed. I really can't do anything about it because it happens the most in class and public. At home I can be alone and everything and I guess just wallow. I feel like im being driven insane when this happens because it sucks so damn much. 

[VickySGV]

You need to be calling your Therapist and probably your Primary Care Physician about this one.  What you are describing needs medical attention and possibly other groups of medication to treat it depending on what they find after a careful medical evaluation.   

[Penrose-Pauling]

2 minutes ago, VickySGV said:

You need to be calling your Therapist and probably your Primary Care Physician about this one.  What you are describing needs medical attention and possibly other groups of medication to treat it depending on what they find after a careful medical evaluation.   

I've seen a doctor recently, I'm a generally healthy person. I hardly ever get sick and I don't have any conditions aside from mental ones. I've had this thing for years now- I'm almost totally sure this is from dysphoria as it only happens when I'm upset about it. 

[VickySGV]

1 minute ago, Penrose-Pauling said:

I don't have any conditions aside from mental ones. I've had this thing for years now- I'm almost totally sure this is from dysphoria as it only happens when I'm upset about it. 

You still need Behavioral Health attention for that type of thing if it is really as upsetting to your life as you claim.

[AllieJ]

Penrose-Pauling If you are being physically affected and sick from dysphoria, you do have a medical condition which needs treatment. Dysphoria is the stress from gender incongruence, and generally cannot be fixed quickly, so if this is causing you physical distress, or significantly affecting your life, you need medical treatment. 

 

I cannot stress enough how important this is. I fought dysphoria, and lost. It initially caused depression and reduced immune response so that a simple virus almost killed me. The long term stress caused changes in my blood and blood pressure which led to a heart attack and two cardiac arrests. Dysphoria is a beast we must deal with to survive long term. Unfortunately, not every doctor or therapist is experienced enough to properly treat gender related health problems, so it is very much worth doing some research to find experienced providers, recommended by other trans people. 

 

What we do about these things has consequences, make sure they are good for you and not bad!

 

Hugs,

 

Allie