Hi Boopbedo
Sorry to hear that you are still feeling rough some of the time on HRT. Can you tell us what your periods were doing in the time leading up to starting HRT - were they regular or had your cycle started getting longer or more variable? This will given an idea of where you are in menopause - unless you had a Mirena coil until very recently in which case it's difficult to say.
You are right that some women react to the progestogen part of the HRT cycle (the combi tabs - second part of the pack) - but the advice is usually to gvive each type 3 months for side effects to settle and to feel the benefits before deciding to try another - unless you really cannot cope with them.
The other thing is you might also benefit from a higher dose - Elleste comes as 2 mg, so if you decide to change, it's a question of whether to increase the Elleste dose, or change to Femoston 1/10. As you get further towadrs menopause oestrogen levels continue to fall so higher doses are sometimes needed. Also some women experience variability in absorption ( from tablets). I probably would not change oestrogen dose and progestogen at the same time ie not go from Elleste 1 mg to Femoston 2/10 or you won't know what is causing what.
If you want to look at the different products for peri-menopause they are all listed here ( scroll down for patches) and do ask any other questions if you need help:
https://www.menopausematters.co.uk/perimeno.phpHope all goes well with your doc appointment and do let us know how you get on
Hurdity x
