Learning how to navigate the healthcare system here can be quite a drag, but it's great once you have. I am kinda curious now tho what kind of care you're not able to get

[–] xilliah@beehaw.org 3 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I'm trans. Giving up on the system has been good for me. It was like a one sided relationship. Now when I need something I just solve it on my own and it works.

[–] Boomkop3@reddthat.com 2 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Wait trans care isn't decent here? I didn't expect that. How would you get medication without a prescription?

[–] xilliah@beehaw.org 1 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Then you'll also be surprised to learn that I am insulted constantly and laughed at. Don't get me wrong, there are lots of great people, but it is naive to think the Netherlands is a tolerant place. When you go through the medical system you face the same attitudes.

The issue is, if you believe in the system, you'll give it a chance to traumatize you. This is added on top of other traumas such as losing your family, becoming homeless and so on. The trans thing itself isn't actually the biggest part of it, it's the culture and the society.

Sure, you could get lucky and have the right gp and meet the right psychiatrist, and then you have to wait 5 years before you get any medical support. I've tried. I mean I've literally been at a gp that I knew was trans friendly and I told her I was at risk of suicide, and she was OK with that.

And about the medicine, well you can compound it yourself. I honestly can't live without it, because it is night and day for my mental wellbeing. Without it, it is extremely difficult to live. It's like you're in a state of dissociation and it's painful. It's quite a complex thing to describe, but you are effectively disabled and are at risk of suicide.

[–] Boomkop3@reddthat.com 2 points 2 months ago

I'm sorry to hear that. The position I'm in makes it so I don't run into a lot of issues, I have to learn about these from people like yourself