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 Posted: Wed Apr 25, 2007 2:33 am
I'm curious - has anyone here been officially diagnosed with Gender Identity Disorder or something similar by a qualified professional?
I don't doubt anyone who hasn't. xd I'm just wondering who here has, although those medically transitioning probably go without saying.
It's just that I just came back from an appointment at the mental health clinic, which went scarily well.
I was diagnosed with Gender Identity Disorder.
...LOLOLOL.
News to me.
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Posted: Wed Apr 25, 2007 5:46 am
Well, normally to get a diagnosis, something has to be wrong and someone has to truck you to the doctor. (Someone or yourself.) I never had that. I knew what was going on and what I wanted before I started looking for help.
I'm getting myself checked for dyslexia though. I'm sure it will be a big shock to find out that I am. rolleyes
Does the diagnosis mean you get stuff? Or does it just mean you get a nice "OMG ima tranny" bumper sticker for your car?
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Posted: Wed Apr 25, 2007 5:52 am
SilentReaper Well, normally to get a diagnosis, something has to be wrong and someone has to truck you to the doctor. (Someone or yourself.) I never had that. I knew what was going on and what I wanted before I started looking for help. I'm getting myself checked for dyslexia though. I'm sure it will be a big shock to find out that I am. rolleyes Does the diagnosis mean you get stuff? Or does it just mean you get a nice "OMG ima tranny" bumper sticker for your car? diagnosis makes it official...that and the brain doctors get to scratch their chins and say "fascinating"
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Posted: Wed Apr 25, 2007 7:25 am
SilentReaper Well, normally to get a diagnosis, something has to be wrong and someone has to truck you to the doctor. (Someone or yourself.) I never had that. I knew what was going on and what I wanted before I started looking for help. I'm getting myself checked for dyslexia though. I'm sure it will be a big shock to find out that I am. rolleyes Does the diagnosis mean you get stuff? Or does it just mean you get a nice "OMG ima tranny" bumper sticker for your car? Not in the UK. C: In the UK, if you want to medically transition with the NHS (so not paying a ridiculous amount to go private), you first need a letter from your GP and a letter from a psychiatrist to get your local Primary Care Trust to fund a referral to a Gender Identity Clinic. So here, to have a diagnosis, it's most likely because you need one before you can transition.
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Posted: Wed Apr 25, 2007 7:42 am
I don't really see the need to get Diagnosed...Unless your in the UK, or really want to transition...I don't know if some of the laws here are the same, but I don't plan on transitioning....not with surgery, atleast...
Plus, my mom would have a whole new reason to either thrrow pitty over me, or hatred....
Alot of people I know, if they are diagnosed with GID young, thier parents try to make them not have it by dressing them up the way they SHOULD be americas traditional sex and gender standards....
And having an "OMG Ima tranny" bumber sticker would be kinda awesome. o.o
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Posted: Wed Apr 25, 2007 7:58 am
It seems like there's quite a large amount of negativity placed on an official diagnosis, but I don't really see why.
For me, personally, it not only will allow me to medically transition - but, also, it reassures me that it's not all in my head, and now I feel like no-one can argue against me.
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Posted: Wed Apr 25, 2007 8:00 am
Not diagnosed because I haven't sought any medical treatment as yet. By the end of this year, if I'm lucky, things might be different.
How do you go about seeing a psychiatrist? The procedure to get to a GP is obvious, but I know next to nothing about psychiatrists.
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Posted: Wed Apr 25, 2007 8:13 am
+Nitghtroad_Crusnik+ I don't really see the need to get Diagnosed...Unless your in the UK, or really want to transition...I don't know if some of the laws here are the same, but I don't plan on transitioning....not with surgery, atleast... Plus, my mom would have a whole new reason to either thrrow pitty over me, or hatred.... Alot of people I know, if they are diagnosed with GID young, thier parents try to make them not have it by dressing them up the way they SHOULD be americas traditional sex and gender standards.... And having an "OMG Ima tranny" bumber sticker would be kinda awesome. o.o Actually, being diagnosed can help a kid. If the parents force the kid after being diagnosed, it can easily be considered abuse in a court. Being diagnosed in the US really just helps kids. Once you're an adult, it's not really all that important if you ask me. It's not like you need it to transition and insurance doesn't pay for it and there is no national health care. They could at least give us the bumper stickers.
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Posted: Wed Apr 25, 2007 8:21 am
Darky-Hitori It seems like there's quite a large amount of negativity placed on an official diagnosis, but I don't really see why. For me, personally, it not only will allow me to medically transition - but, also, it reassures me that it's not all in my head, and now I feel like no-one can argue against me. I wouldn't mind it being listed as a medical diagnosis, personally, but GID really isn't a mental disorder (the depression and stuff that often come with closeting it is), so I don't think it belongs in the DSM (the psychiatrist's bible) the way it does. People removed homosexuality from it, realizing it was bull, and they should do the same with this. Besides, here in the US anyway, having the diagnosis doesn't help much (if at all) with getting the procedures and hormones covered. Everything's still considered by insurance companies to be optional and not necessary, so they won't cover it (except for a few generous companies and San Francisco and New York). If it was listed as the medical condition it is, that is aided by medical procedures (rather than suppression drugs), it would be so much easier to force insurance companies to help. I've got a diagnosis and I just wish it'd do something about me having to pay everything out of pocket. (And as far as the letters from your psych and physician, those are required in the US too (for surgery, just the psych for hormones) if you want to do it by the Standards, although there's no "Primary Care Trust" or anything like that to fund anything.)
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Posted: Wed Apr 25, 2007 8:23 am
 When I get home, I'm totally making one of these for real. Hell, it would be even better in 3D. xd
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Posted: Wed Apr 25, 2007 8:27 am
SilentReaper When I get home, I'm totally making one of these for real. Hell, it would be even better in 3D. xd I would totally buy one... Trannyfish! xd
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Posted: Wed Apr 25, 2007 8:39 am
I really don't think I was ever diagnosed, I was just likie "Yeah I'm transsexual so...." and they just let it be.
I had a gender therapist for a while, but he didn't tell me anything I didn't already know. He just ended up giving me a letter for an endocrinologist after a few months, and sent some letter to my doctor with the name "Damen" in it... Which was pretty hot.
I think he probably wrote in the file that I'm transsexual, so it probably counts, but there was no test or questions really. I just talked to him for a few months. And he never told me that I was transsexual... I told him. o_O
I just assume because I'm on testosterone that there's something in my file about being transsexual.
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Posted: Wed Apr 25, 2007 9:33 am
Not that I know of...I told my therapist that I was transgender on the second session with him. I'm seeing another therapist this month to figure out what to do next.
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Posted: Wed Apr 25, 2007 10:03 am
Spatterdash Not diagnosed because I haven't sought any medical treatment as yet. By the end of this year, if I'm lucky, things might be different. How do you go about seeing a psychiatrist? The procedure to get to a GP is obvious, but I know next to nothing about psychiatrists. You do it via your GP. If you want a referral to a GIC - you say so, and if they don't know the process, explain that you'll need a letter from them and you'd like a referral to a local mental health place. You'll be assessed before you see a psychiatrist, and you have to really chase it up to make sure that you get those appointments. If you've not got a local GIC, you'll need to explain to the GP if they don't know that those letters need to go to the PCT, and if the GP is confused they can just ask the PCT.
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Posted: Wed Apr 25, 2007 5:39 pm
I'm on my way to a diagnosis. After my first session with my therapist she says I exhibit all the signs of someone with it, rather than someone with gender identity problems stemming from another illness or disorder.
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