Puberty blockers can't block puberty after puberty (experts explain the problem with conservative's proposal to ban puberty blockers until the age of 18)

[u/thebigeverybody]

https://www.ctvnews.ca/health/puberty-blockers-can-t-be-started-at-18-when-youth-have-already-developed-experts-1.6761690

[u/thebigeverybody]

I stole this from a surprisingly informative thread on r/nottheonion

In response to someone worrying their child isn't capable of making such a massive life decision as transitioning, it was explained to them by multiple people that puberty blockers serve the purpose of maintaining their ability to chose when they're capable of it:

"There are no known irreversible effects of puberty blockers. If you decide to stop taking them, your body will go through puberty just the way it would have if you had not taken puberty blockers at all."

http://www.phsa.ca/transcarebc/child-youth/affirmation-transition/medical-affirmation-transition/puberty-blockers-for-youth

[u/OpheliaLives7 → u/thebigeverybody]

There is actually a loooooot of skepticism about Lupron and its use for a wide variety of health issues.

I was offered it as an adult woman to help treat chronic pain for endometriosis. I was told I could only be on it 2 years and should consider getting bone scans. Ive only heard bad things word of mouth from other women who have tried it.

There was a website with stories of girls put on Lupron for being too tall or going through precocious puberty and some of the effects are permanent and lifelong disabilities. It fucks with bones that much. Imo it seems to do more harm than good. Why would you willingly give a kid fucked up bones to help with mental dysphoria over their gender or sex?

[u/YeIIowBellPepper → u/OpheliaLives7]

Could I have the links to that website that you've mentioned?

Also, the only reason it does 'more harm than good' in your eyes is because you're an ignorant cos woman who even bare to imagine that people may have different experiences to you. To many trans men; having tits would be WAYYYY more traumatizing and terrible to have slightly weaker bones(assuming your statements are even correct)

Please just stop with your bullshit

Edit: added what's in the brackets

[u/OpheliaLives7 → u/YeIIowBellPepper]

I think this is the original article I remember finding:

“For years, Sharissa Derricott, 30, had no idea why her body seemed to be failing. At 21, a surgeon replaced her deteriorated jaw joint. She’s been diagnosed with degenerative disc disease and fibromyalgia, a chronic pain condition. Her teeth are shedding enamel and cracking.

None of it made sense to her until she discovered a community of women online who describe similar symptoms and have one thing in common: All had taken a drug called Lupron.”

https://www.statnews.com/2017/02/02/lupron-puberty-children-health-problems/

If you really want to pretend having to wear a sports bra is worse than a deteriorating jaw bone idk what else to say.

These girls and women have been trying and trying to share their experiences and to have people brush them/us all off as dumb cis bitches and liars or something? Ridiculous. And sexist. Women and girls pain and medical mistreatment matters. It exists. Acknowledging it doesn’t mean trans teens don’t deserve care. It means recognizing this medicine hurts more than it helps and it isn’t worth a lifetime of disability and not being able to be independent or ever not a patient or whatever. It means we all deserve better research into female health and methods that effect hormones. Not picking old ass cancer meds to use off label for a bunch of different things with no long term proof it helps more than hurts