Morning,
I think if you are feeling fine on the green squares then that’s great news! All women are different though and I know what I went through was very real.
When I tried to explain to my dr they weren’t interested in the amber/green box thing but said it’s more likely that my body wasn’t absorbing the gel ‘correctly’ which I can’t know for sure either way.
What was evident to me on applying the 2 gels was that the amber gel was thicker and had a strong alcohol smell to it whereas the green was more watery, without a smell and dried off almost instantly.
The patches feel so much easier as you only change them twice a week and you aren’t walking around half naked on Winter mornings waiting for the gel to dry off
. Having said that there seems to be lots of women who started on patches and couldn’t tolerate them but are good on the gel so it’s definitely a case of trial and error and just feeling relieved if you find something that works for you.