Sure, but you can always just start HRT right now. That’s really the most important thing in my mind.
Social transition can happen later, but you can’t go back and start HRT earlier. Starting estrogen can also give you important information and can be very clarifying.
I wish HRT were viewed more as an early intervention and diagnostic tool than the “extreme” step that I think we all start off believing it is. You can even take it for several months without long-term effects.
Once I started estrogen it was clear to me, all the questioning and denial I had about trans was irrelevant because I was going to be taking estrogen no matter what from that point on - it radically changed my mood and mental health for the better (I should clarify I was doing monotherapy injections - basically enough estrogen to suppress testosterone production).
Anyway, don’t wait to start living - repression is never a good idea.
Sure, but you can always just start HRT right now. That’s really the most important thing in my mind.
Social transition can happen later, but you can’t go back and start HRT earlier. Starting estrogen can also give you important information and can be very clarifying.
I wish HRT were viewed more as an early intervention and diagnostic tool than the “extreme” step that I think we all start off believing it is. You can even take it for several months without long-term effects.
Once I started estrogen it was clear to me, all the questioning and denial I had about trans was irrelevant because I was going to be taking estrogen no matter what from that point on - it radically changed my mood and mental health for the better (I should clarify I was doing monotherapy injections - basically enough estrogen to suppress testosterone production).
Anyway, don’t wait to start living - repression is never a good idea.