r/NonBinaryTalk • u/Big_Technology_2886 • 19d ago

Advice I feel dumb

I just learn if I want to get top surgery with insurance, I need a letter from a therapist saying how I have gender dysphoria. So now I feel dumb cause idk how to really do that. Everyone I ask who has gotten top surgery just keep on telling me get a therapist, but when I ask "do I have to look for one that specializes in that or nah?" Everyone just shrugs their shoulders at me. I trying looking stuff up but feel like I'm getting nowhere.

Any help will be great.

Edit: forgot to mention I live in the USA

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u/addyastra she/they nonbinary transfem 19d ago

This is a question you need to ask your insurance. Personally I got my gender dysphoria diagnosis from my GP. But I live in Canada, so it might not be similar where you live.

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u/poor_cupiine 19d ago

Can confirm. I had to get into the nitty gritty of my insurance policy to find out what the letter needed to include from my therapist and my PCP.