DIY should not be as endorsed as it is here
Genuinely the amount of backlash you get for going against it is repulsive. “We’re here/categorized as transmeds because we see transsexualism for what it is- a serious medical condition that should be respected,” okay, start by respecting it as a serious medical condition.
Oh you’re tired? DIY levothyroxine and never see an evil gatekeeping doctor or get actual blood panels monitored by a doctor that knows what to look out for, never see a professional to rule out any other causes, just DIY!!! Who cares if it’s hypothyroidism, hyperthyroidism, tumors, cancer, anxiety, depression, diabetes, sleep apnea, a bad mattress, the common fucking cold, or whatever other bullshit they’ll say because YOU know what’s best and YOU should be allowed to take as much synthetic thyroxine as you want!!!
Who cares that the medication involved can and will cause serious irreparable harm if used incorrectly and should be prescribed and monitored by a professional, especially if we want to KEEP it medicalized so that those of us with nothing can actually afford and access it, what matters is that you want it right now with no diagnosis, no rule-outs, and zero oversight.
“It doesn’t affect you,” except it does, has, and will continue to.
Telling teenagers with half developed brains, based on nothing other than what they said in a post, that they should illegally backalley a medication they’ll likely be injecting into themselves because god forbid they wait a few years is insane. It’s the kind of bullshit I’d expect from any other sub that treats our condition as a joke, not this one.