[GoneGirl]

From your description, it sounds as if PM could push me over the proverbial edge even if I don't grow obvious boobs. Great even more to ponder. How can an herb cause so much angst?

We shouldn't overlook the option of working with a good therapist. Talking with a gender specialist can help clarify your gender identity confusion. The therapist's first task will be to help you to know yourself better, and suggest a course of action.

Frontier, I don't know you, of course, but I sense that you are very conflicted about what to do. That tells me that you need to take more time to figure things out before jumping into any experimentation with hormones.

My gender issues came on suddenly, too. I then spent several weeks reading about gender identity dysphoria. I found Jack Molay's website, crossdreamers.com, about crossdreamers extremely helpful in my getting a handle on my problems. If interested, here's a good place to start:

http://www.crossdreamers.com/2008/01/readers-guide-to-confessions-of.html

CK