Is it ok for a male to female transexual to self medicate her hormones?
No, hormones are powerful drugs and if not monitored by a doctor who runs blood work every so often to make sure you body is processing the drugs right, you could end up in a real medical mess. Hormones do more than just give you the softer appearance and develope breast tissue. Some can change the way you process the different brain chemicals that control moods. Uncontroled hormones can cause extreme sadness, or go the opposite and cause uncontroled giddyness. It can cause insomnia, blood clots, heart palpitations, digestive problems, and to many others to list. When you start working with a doctor they will do blood work to measure the level of male hormones so they can judge what is going to be necessary for the female hormones to work safely. You should at that time also be working with a therapist so that as your moods change your understand what is happening and that you adjust well. Nothing like a grown man crying over a commercial, or one who tears up when the boss says your do
