In the last month or a little more, my symptoms have quickly turned from the more traditional physiological conditions of "Gender Dysphoria" (or more commonly known as "Gender Identity Disorder" or "GID") to far more of a physical condition that seems to fit with a term I recently found called "intersex." I don't know a lot at this point in time, but I was excited with the new information and wanted to share. From one source (which I will share in a moment) it says that 1 in 2000 infants born in the US have an intersex condition, though many of those affected by it can go their whole lives and not notice a difference, while for others, let's just say for now they do notice a difference.
"It is common to believe that all people fall into one of two categories —
female or male. But that is not true. Some people are born with
external sex organs that are not easily identifiable as female or male.
Other people have sex chromosomes that are different from the usual XX
(female) or XY (male). People whose biological sex is not clear in these
ways have intersex conditions. About 1 in 2,000 people born in the U.S.
is intersex. There are many different ways that intersex conditions
appear."
- http://www.plannedparenthood.org/health-topics/sexual-orientation-gender/female-male-intersex-26531.htm
This quote was taken from a site that should be fairly reliable (near as I've heard and had gotten help from them in the past for family members), though I will continue my research and post some finds here as I come across them.
To kind of wrap up my thoughts on this subject at the moment, I just want to say that it seems my condition is not as rare as it seemed, and I'm not as alone as I thought I was, and it is a great comfort to me to have this new information =)
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