Hi - sorry you're having bleeding probs.
As sheila99 has said there may be another way, aso might be worth getting a referral to a meno clinic while you're waiting for gyne appt?
If you do want to come off ... I've not weaned off completely but have definitely learned the hard way that the fluctuations in levels (including from any change of dose, down as well as up) can cause symptoms incl bleeding at least as much as the levels themselves.
So fwiw I think ideally best practice is more than every 2-4 weeks on any level to see what's going on (a specialist once told me 6-8 weeks for levels to 'get through'), and in small reductions - I've not used gel so don't know how feasible it is to do that like cutting up patches, although I've seen some people on here talk about half-pumps?
hth x