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Resources:

Best resource: https://github.com/cvyl/awesome-transgender Site with links to resources for just about anything.

Trevor Project: crisis mental health services for LGBTQ people, lots of helpful information and resources: https://www.thetrevorproject.org/

The Gender Dysphoria Bible: useful info on various aspects of gender dysphoria: https://genderdysphoria.fyi/en

StainedGlassWoman: Various useful essays on trans topics: https://stainedglasswoman.substack.com/

Trans resources: https://trans-resources.info/

[USA] Resources for trans people in the South: https://southernequality.org/resources/transinthesouth/#provider-map

[USA] Report discrimination: https://action.aclu.org/legal-intake/report-lgbtqhiv-discrimination

[USA] Keep track on trans legislation and news: https://www.erininthemorning.com/

[GERMANY] Bundesverband Trans: Find medical trans resources: https://www.bundesverband-trans.de/publikationen/leitfaden-fuer-behandlungssuchende/

[GERMANY] Trans DB: Insurance information (may be outdated): https://transdb.de/

[GERMANY] Deutsche Gesellschaft für Transidentität und Intersexualität: They have contact information for their advice centers and some general information for trans and intersex people. They also do activism: dgti.org

*this is a work in progress, and these resources are courtesy of users like you! if you have a resource that helped you out in your trans journey, comment below in the pinned post and I'll add here to pass it on

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ADHD and being trans (lemmy.blahaj.zone)

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I recently got diagnosed with ADHD a couple of months ago. That makes me curious; since there's a higher percentage of trans people who are autistic, would there be a higher percentage who are ADHD?

What are your experiences with being ADHD and trans?

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 6 months ago

I think it's just neurodivergence in general. I think some day they'll discover a connection between all these "disorders" that are a part of me, the ADHD, the autism spectrum, the OCD, the anxiety, the Tourette's, the gender dysphoria.

The only thing I was officially diagnosed with as a child was Tourette's, and it's a big deal, but ugh that masked so much depression, anxiety, and ASD traits. Only as an adult in the last decade, have I been able to discuss with psychiatrists and therapists, these other lingering and often distressing qualities. I found that the elaborate coping mechanisms I constructed, maybe aren't super healthy.

I will say the ADHD has gotten much worse in recent years, and maybe it's related to transition. However my partner, who is not transitioning, is experiencing the same thing. Their theory is that it's COVID-related ("neurological fallout"). We both have changing hormones during this time, for different reasons. But my own theory is it's age-related. All of my "disorders" manifest differently over time.