Q: Can hormones be purchased in Romania without trouble?
A: Yes, indeed. In Romania, hormones can be purchased without any medical prescription and the prices are incredible low (about 0.5 USD for 30 pills of 0.05 mg ethinyl estradiol or for 10 mg medroxyprogesterone).

Q: Using hormones, then how about your friends and family? Aren't you afraid they might see some changes (more hair instead of less, breast development, body-hair lowering, beard getting thinner; all things hormones do).
A: Well, I always had a lot of head hair and I never had body-hair (just a little on the legs). And I have very few facial hair too. And I always had a thin silhouette. So that, my friends couldn’t observe some major changing and neither my family. But I’m living with my girlfriend and of course she observed my breast development. This happened three months after I started experiencing hormones but she didn’t think I use hormones (how could she here in Romania?). And she said I have a health problem and I must go see a doctor. I then realized that I have to stop.  And after another month, my breasts disappeared (well, almost).

Q: Which hormones are you taking? In which doses are you taking them?
A: I used to take 0.1 mg ethinyl estradiol, 10 mg medroxyprogesterone acetate and 100 mg spironolactone. But only for 3 months and many of the changes reversed, including sexual drive and breasts development.

Q: And why did you start taking them? How did you decide on this weighty matter?
A: As you can see, it is not a decision yet and probably the society I live in is a big reason. Since I was 12 I always wanted to be a woman but I knew it’s impossible. Till 1989 (you know, when was some kind of a revolution here in Romania), I didn’t know it’s possible to change your sex. After 1989, till 1996, I heard about sex changing and hormones but nothing specific. I didn’t know what hormones are, what can they do to your body and how can they be obtained. I was pretty sure that in Romania I will never find hormones or surely not for free. But I had a revelation: maybe the  birth control pill could do something like hormones. I tried taking them for a week or two and then abandoned convinced this is a silly idea. In 1996 I could afford an Internet connection and first thing I searched was hormones and their use for transsexuals. I was really amazed to see that birth control pills contain hormones (particularly  spironolactone). I searched in a book and saw that in Romania exists ethinyl estradiol for women’s treatment. I went to the drug store and asked if  they could give me without prescription. They said yes, of course. But why did I start taking them? When I started crossdressing, the need of looking like a woman was only temporarily but in time this need has grown up and in the last time became permanent. Probably the hormones I took contributed to this. Now there are extremely few moments when I feel good as a man. I really don’t know if this is a sign of transsexualism, but maybe it is. I red in an article there are many cases when a TV becomes a TS. But I’m not sure I’d like to be a TS. If I could become a real woman, I wouldn’t hesitate. But something between, I am not convinced it’s a good idea ( although I saw transsexuals really looking as a woman). And after that I don’t have the money to support a good transformation. And I should leave my country, because here it would be impossible to live as a transsexual. And after experiencing hormones I could see a reduction of sexual drive and I don’t know if it’s interesting to live without it. The conclusion is I don’t know what am I going to do. I don’t feel good the way I am today but I don’t know if I could do something better. Quite depressing, isn’t it?

That’s all for the moment. I would like to hear more other questions and some other answers.

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