# So - I've started my medical transition last week **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [September 25, 2026, 7:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-ive-started-my-medical-transition-last-week/1033380 "2026-09-25T19:20:19Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 88
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2026, 1:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-ive-started-my-medical-transition-last-week/1033380/88 "2026-09-30T13:05:49Z")
> [@puzzlegal](#): > > (“Menopause related symptoms” means insurance will pay for it. “Mental health symptoms” don’t rate insurance for estrogen.) Ouch. See also this current thread: > [@In what ways is society not ready to accept or deal with mental illness](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-what-ways-is-society-not-ready-to-accept-or-deal-with-mental-illness/1033471): > > There is a lot of stigma for mental illness, far more than for illnesses outside of the brain. But I get the impression that there are various reasons why mental illness isn’t going to be accepted the same way we accept physical illness anytime soon. For one thing, accepting mental illness means accepting that dualism is a myth. The idea that our self aware consciousness is not some ethereal thing separate from our brain, but intertwined with it on the deepest level is hard for people to deal w… --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-ive-started-my-medical-transition-last-week/1033380)._