[bryony]

I am struck by how different we all are. I read the stuff on Dr Vitale's website and I fit her TS type III almost perfectly, but all these bad tempers and rages that some of you have (sfem, julieTG, Bryony have mentioned them) are so alien to me. I am no angel - far from it - but for me the mental effects are so much more subtle.

I have simply become a lot more accepting and emotional. Tears come so easily now and I now care about my appearance more than I ever did before. I was never grumpy or bad-tempered, that was never my story and so there are no changes there.

For me PM is about starting my physical and mental transition so that when I see the quacks there is no doubt about where I am going.

Beverley

Hmm... I definitely said grumpy, but not a peep about rage !

I think that 10 year difference between is all the difference. My grumpiness is/was a result of a lifetime of bottling up and secrecy. As for tears, I've been blubbing for _ages_ probably started when I noticed my little boy was growing up and I missed him being a toddler (he's 29 now!)

B.x

PS Type III? Is that the Benjamin scale? I would have thought V for you - I've got me down as a IV!