The first question is typically, "What brings you here?" Subsequent questions will depend on how you answer that. I am a bit reluctant to give more details than that because I wouldn't want anyone to rehearse their answers. Rehearsed answers just get people in trouble. Answer questions as truthfully and candidly as you can. Don't hold back out of embarrassment: often, the most embarrassing answers are the most revealing to the therapist.
I like to know what I would be getting into. Answering questions is hard for me, I do not let on much about myself. People who've known me all my life don't know me.
In general, they want to know about your history of gender dysphoria. The questions will be personal. They have to be. They will be about stuff that you would not talk about with close friends. The more truthfully you answer, the better the therapist will understand you. You are going there to bare your soul. Holding back information on how you feel or how you behave will mean that the therapist is working with incomplete information. That is how people end up getting prescribed hormones when they shouldn't, or not getting them when they should.
I was getting really confused by your suggestions. Then I spotted the forum heading, Whops. I was only curious to see how things had progressed since my work on HRT during menopause about 30 years ago. LOL
Haha. Yes, the difference in usage would definitely be confusing if you weren't aware of the subject matter.
Toker and Zen were always telling me off, for taking threads off subject, but they agreed that turning off down a side street could prevent them from coming to a dead end. Things are improving a lot, since the candyforums era. Articulate discussions are replacing the endless drivel, needless to say, with a little help from yourself and other mods. We do notice and appreciate your efforts.
I don't remember anymore, but it wasn't much, which really surprised me. I think the whole thing took maybe 20 minutes. I don't know if that's a common experience (from what I've discussed with friends, it doesn't seem to be), but it was easy peasy for me.
