Pharmageddon Part XVI : Is age 13 too young ?

Zoey started identifying as a female from a very young age.

As a toddler, she used to ask her mother, why "God make a mistake" and gave her the wrong body.

The puberty suppressors Zoey and others take are reversible and FDA-approved because

they have been used for decades in children going through premature puberty.

But for children with gender dysphoria, or gender identity disorder,

the blockers are being started anywhere from age nine to 17.

The drugs are credited with buying the children time so they can figure out if they really

do want to live as a different gender  :-[

Teenagers can then take cross-sex hormones to help them physically develop

into the opposite gender.

Doctors have only been using the blockers in transgender children since the late 1990s

when Dutch doctors started the practice....

Is 13 too young for what?

"Of course there are fears around side-effects,"

Dr Olson says one of her first patients was a 12-year-old who had been menstruating for

two years and attempted suicide every time a period arrived.

"So that's obviously a huge part of the balance.

I'm going to lose this kid before we have enough data to say

'yes this is a safe intervention on 12 and 13 year olds,'

the kid might kill himself,"

I don't understand the point of your thread.

What are you asking is 13 too young for?

To be on gender drugs?

The hit comedy series Transparent, which tells the story of a 70-year-old dad

transitioning into a woman,

has picked up two Golden Globe awards and shone a spotlight

on the lives of transgender people.

[quote author=ketchim link=topic=95209.msg612540#msg612540 date=1421689421]
The hit comedy series Transparent, which tells the story of a 70-year-old dad

transitioning into a woman,

has picked up two Golden Globe awards and shone a spotlight

on the lives of transgender people.
[/quote]

Why are you picking on transgender people?  ::confused::

[quote author=ketchim link=topic=95209.msg612530#msg612530 date=1421688942]
But for children with gender dysphoria, or gender identity disorder,

the blockers are being started anywhere from age nine to 17.

The drugs are credited with buying the children time so they can figure out if they really

do want to live as a different gender  :-[

Teenagers can then take cross-sex hormones to help them physically develop

into the opposite gender.
[/quote]

the real credit for those drugs are in Big Pharma's bank accounts....
why gender dysphoria ::confused:: ::confused:: ::confused::

try the growth hormones they put in meat we eat that bring on early onset puberty.

then to add drugs for dysphoria on top of hormonally induced imbalances,  produces no answer or improvement I wager, only postponement of even greater complications as children age

I still don't understand what you're asking is 13 too young for.

Do you mean to be on gender medication or what?