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- The Gender Dysphoria Bible // In depth explanation of the different types of gender dysphoria.
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- LGBTQ+ Healthcare Directory // A directory of LGBTQ+ accepting Healthcare providers.
- Trans Resistance Network // A US-based mutual aid organization to help trans people facing state violence and legal discrimination.
- TLDEF's Trans Health Project // Advice about insurance claims for gender affirming healthcare and procedures.
- TransLifeLine's ID change Library // A comprehensive guide to changing your name on any US legal document.
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Support Hotlines:
- The Trevor Project // Web chat, phone call, and text message LGBTQ+ support hotline.
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- LGBT Youthline.ca // A Canadian LGBT hotline support service with phone call and web chat support. (4pm - 9:30pm EST)
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Hi! I was on Sertraline for several years. I started at 25mg a day and slowly ramped up to 125. It was way before I transitioned so I can't speak to any changes I felt due to HRT. I feel like it helped me round out the peaks and valleys of my anxiety and depression so that I could at least function and try to institute some positive coping strategies without cratering into a puddle of depressive goo. I had several weeks of onset where it just felt like I was literally floating and extremely disassociated. This subsided as time went on but would come back if I ever missed a dose.
Libido wise, it didn't really effect my desire too much. It helps that my wife was a smoke show (still is but used to be too), but I understand what you mean when you say the sensation has dropped. I sometimes wouldn't be able to orgasm for hours. Overall, I think you definitely need to wait for it to normalize in your system before you can really notice the effects of the sertraline specifically. I haven't been on it for a long time but I think like some of what you're experiencing could also be due to HRT. In my experience, that initial onset was so wacky that it's hard to pin anything down as being specifically caused by the medicine. Hope this helps :)
Honestly it is not hrt that stopped me being sensitive there and other things. I just knew how my body reacted to the touch, the feeling that radiates through my chest and belly too sometimes. And that feeling dimmed way too much from the day before taking sertraline to a few hours later starting it.
I also asked my GP if upping the dose is a good idea I'm not sure if what I'm feeling is akathisia too because I don't remember how I felt pre depression level. But I feel restless and jittery nonetheless
You know your body better than I do. But I just think that a couple days is way too early to notice or be concerned about any long term changes or consider changing doses. It takes weeks for the medicine to equalize in your system. That being said, sertraline and SSRI's in general have a well known side effect of diminished libido.