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Gender dysphoria is defined by following characteristics: desire to be the other sex, preference for cross-dressing, persistent fantasies of being the other sex, desire to live or be treated as the other sex, and belief that the person has the typical feelings/reactions of the opposite sex.
How do members experience gender dysphoria?
Top 5 symptoms reported by people with gender dysphoria*
*Reports may be affected by other conditions and/or medication side effects. We ask about general symptoms (anxious mood, depressed mood, fatigue, pain, and stress) regardless of condition.
Top treatments taken by people for gender dysphoria*
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Gender dysphoria is defined by following characteristics: desire to be the other sex, preference for cross-dressing, persistent fantasies of being the other sex, desire to live or be treated as the other sex, and belief that the person has the typical feelings/reactions of the opposite sex.
Common symptoms reported by people with gender dysphoria
Reports may be affected by other conditions and/or medication side effects. We ask about general symptoms (anxious mood, depressed mood, fatigue, pain, and stress) regardless of condition.
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Treatments taken by people for gender dysphoria
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Compare treatments taken by people with gender dysphoria
Let’s build this page together! When you share what it’s like to have gender dysphoria through your profile, those stories and data appear here too.
Got a question about living with gender dysphoria? Members in the forum might have the answers.
Who has gender dysphoria on PatientsLikeMe?
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new patients joined this month
96
say gender dysphoria is their primary condition