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[Venting, neutral] Finally got referred (piefed.blahaj.zone)
submitted 1 week ago by akunohana@piefed.blahaj.zone to c/mtf
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AMAB 37 Sweden

After an arduous back and forth between my local clinic, four different physicians, one tax funded psychiatrist and one private counsellor, I finally met a doctor at my local clinic who simply listened. I felt no need whatsoever to defend myself or to explain myself to death, as these things otherwise usually go in this country's health care system. They told me that the depression and anxiety disorders that I had been diagnosed with a few years back can display similar symptoms to gender dysphoria. Also, the traditional treatments for depression and anxiety - therapy and medication - had not yielded the desired effects, which they deemd to be yet another indication that referring me to a gender identity clinic would be "worth it". Gee thanks... -_-

I felt both happy and empty on the inside, at the same time. It was like a huge weight fell off of me, but I had never imagined that somebody would every take my desire to be able to love myself seriously, so I was in some sort of shock, I guess.

All in all, the referral is away, and now I'm waiting to hear from the specialist clinic.

Cheers (with coffee).

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[-] quantumgenderino 2 points 6 days ago

Congrats on finally breaking through medical beaurocracy and stubbornness! It sucks that anyone has to go through that, and it still baffles me that there are trans care centered clinics that won't take a self referral for gender dysphoria when the way to diagnose it is to ask if you experience it. I hope things get better for you from here! ❤️

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