Peroxideblader, I'm the same. I'm peri and my hormones are all over the place. It's hard to tell what's the HRT and what's our own hormones. The gel didn't work for me from the start, I had dreadful meno symptoms, caused by the gel, but it's taken me 2 months for the gynae to actually listen. I'm trying something different so we'll see. My skin seems to be slightly redder with it, but other than than no immediate reactions. I think we have to try a few. I'm also contemplating if this doesn't work out going back on the pill for 6 months and then trying again.