Hello Sophie
Roseneath is right its not one size fits all with hrt. My friend Debs is on Elleste duet and it took about 6 weeks for it to settle down, she had spots and headaches(not as bad as migraine) she is fine on it now. I was on Elleste solo did not feel well until I got on to 3mg and for 3 months life was great felt "me again" after 7 months of hell. Sadly I started to get regular migraines and had to come off the tablets. I started on oestrogel 2 pumps a day and life went back to the anxiety, low mood, sweats, being nervous at work and around people. I had an estradiol test which was below 250 and was told by the menopause clinic to increase to 3 pumps a day that was last Friday and I am still waiting to get "me" back yet again. I am coping with life, working, going to the gym, ceroc jiving, food shopping but its all a bit of an act nothing feels real anymore as i wait.......However if I look back to 6 months ago then I couldnt hardly leave the house without panic, tearful etc. Things DO turn around it is just a balancing act getting the chemicals to do all the right things and never settling for anything less than the life you deserve. Sometimes that does mean going back to the Dr and if they are not so clued up on menopause then get them to refer you to a specialist menopause clinic.
Take good care