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What inspired you to do an AMA? Do you think it would be easier for the haters to understand if the scientific community called your broken Y Chromosome a Z chromosome? (So that all the Y=male people would be instantly shut down.)

Edit: Great AMA. I read through all of the questions and answers written thus far and you sound like someone I would get along with. Too bad you already have a bf and don't live anywhere near me.

One thing I noticed was that you struggle to be consistent no your meds. You listed loads of pros and cons and I thought maybe I could gather them into one place. Then maybe you could use the list to help motivate you. I tried to use your own words where I could but then I tried to use the opposite in the other column (You'll have to help me if what I came up with needs editing. I tried to use question marks where I was inferring). Also it seems you tried some other "hormone meds I had to take for a while" so I'm not sure if they have the same effects. I hope this helps!

Taking pills	Not Taking Pills
Period & accompanying discomforts	No Period (freedom!)
Better bone density	Scary lack of bone density
Make me feel really good mentally	I feel pretty "meh" ... the mental health thing I get depressed too easily and other stuff.
Upset Stomach	Healthier appetite??
Weight loss	Weight gain
More sex drive	Less sex drive
A LOT more interested in my appearance (both pro&con)	Less interested in my appearance?? (both pro&con)
I'm supposed to take the pill (feeling like your on top of things, responsible)	typing this guilted me into wanting to take them (feeling slightly irresponsible, not on top of things)
(Better hair) Estrogen brought it to life	hair on my head was quite lifeless and limp.
Increased body hair	decreased body hair??

Another person with the same condition added "...acne, anxiety..." but I didn't know if I should include that.

And look at the probability of the restaurant having as consistent of results between franchises, I know Mickey D's is extremely reproducible. Chipotle is less so IMO (but not so much as to offset their supreme reign of awesomeness).

But then you get a restaurant like Chili's or Red Lobster and one can be really bad while another is really great. The obvious downside is that you can no longer predict the level of enjoyment from the food.

And on top of everything, Mickey D's is most everywhere. So it allows for nearly limitless travel. Other restaurants are less common.

So many downsides to expanding tastes.