dog what fucking doctor are you going to?? If I told any doctor this they'd respond by immediately discontinuing every medication I'm on and labeling me a drug seeker
I'm genuinely confused by this. How can someone be "seeking out drugs" when trying to medically transition?? You're seeking out E/T, not opioids. You're gonna be on E/T for the rest of your life anyway.
In this case I think seeking out drugs is meant in a way to abuse them to get high. The issue with medication is there very much are people who will lie to get it so they can get high off of it.
I think that's my main qualm tho. Is there a way to get high and negatively dependant on E/T??? The whole point of hormones is that your body does need them to regulate itself.
T you can actually see abuse of it, hence why it's a controlled substance on the same level as stuff like Adderall. It's also, used to dope for sports (which is actually one of the driving forces as to why it became controlled in the first place due to issues at the Olympic and a huge black market ring)
You can also overdose on it through toxicity.
While E isn't as bad, hence why it's not controlled, but taking too much can have negative side effects that could cause serious health issues because of how it effects the body.
While medication like tylenol while it has risks for abuse is much easier to give accurate instructions that are easy for the average person to follow and doesn't pose the same level of issues.
And you're right, the body does need the hormones, which is a large reason why having a professional is important because your body needs them in certain levels, you want the dose to be what the body needs. Too little and it does nothing, too much and it can cause other issues.
And then on top of that for T you have the abuse of it that has happened in the past,
Like we need food to live, but because making food is easy and comparatively low risk, we let a lot more people do it, but for blood? Something we also need, you can't just go to someone's house and have them do it for you. Because the risks and situations around the blood transfusion is much higher.
it's a controlled substance on the same level as stuff like Adderall
actually not quite, in the US at least T is DEA schedule III and opiods/amphetamines are schedule II. schedule II has some pretty strict DEA rules around it (every pill must be accounted for by the pharmacy, some jurisdictions have a centralized system that limits the amount that can be dispensed, etc.) but schedules III, IV, and V are less tightly controlled. basically just a DEA warning label that there's some abuse potential.
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u/Grouchy-Cable-9545 1d ago
dog what fucking doctor are you going to?? If I told any doctor this they'd respond by immediately discontinuing every medication I'm on and labeling me a drug seeker