Hi Findtyler
from me too.
Are you in UK or maybe seeing private menopause gynae? I ask because Androfemme is not licensed nor generally available here, but I think some women have been prescribed it privately and presumably imported from Aus?
What were your periods/cycle doing before starting the HRT? I presume you are post-menopausal because you have been given continuous progesterone ie no natural periods for 12 months or more?
Personally I would suggest that you try a cycle - most of us would not countenance taking progesterone every day (and certainly not vaginally) due to the side effects - and disturbed sleep it can give (trips to the loo etc) so you may get relief from night sweats (from the oestrogen) but have to keep getting up to pee (due to the progesterone)!
The dose of gel is also low/medium so taking that much progesterone daily may well be far too much and explain why you haven't seen an improvement yet. Also some women do not absorb well from gel and get on better with patches (and vice versa) - so that's something else to think about further along the line maybe?
At your age if you are post-menopausal it is important to maintain your oestrogen levels for at least few more years yet so it's worth getting it right. You may well benefit also from a slightly higher dose of Sandrena - the equivalent medium dose of estrogel is two pumps which is 1.5 mg but as Sandrena is more concentrated it may be that more is absorbed of a given amount of estradiol than with the Estrogel brand?
It would be better to try to get this sorted I would have thought (ie the HRT), and try other sleep techniques ( I presume you have tried all these?) rather than take Melatonin - or rather before trying it, although I know very little about this. Another member also had a try at Melatonin (Peroxideblader) so you might have a look at her posts?
Hurdity x