I don't like the sexual side effects of SSRI. If I were a meat sex haver, it would be intolerable. However, my form of eroticism still works pretty well. Other than that, I am a way more functional and thus decent person and my network is stronger than it's ever been cuz I roll pretty fearlessly right now.
It totally erased my social / being-out anxiety when I was crippled by it, so I think Lexapro will have proven worthwhile so long as I don't remain crutched by it for life. It was really astonishing how effective it was. I had felt like I was reduced to my adult infancy, when I was a 15-yo total agoraphobe, when my appearance started changing to the point I had to be read as some kind of queer. You don't seem like you have that problem tho (actually, Cecily, I think you are "so brave". I am really impressed at how you attack transition.) but you do have other mood issues.
My read on it is that it's totally dandy to take during the really tough hingey part of transition. Appearance problems will produce less anxiety and embarrassing incidents cause less PTSD. etc. In fact, it may turn out that it's a good idea on average to give a SSRI prophylactically for a year or two at commencement of hormones.
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