Hi! do you take your own blood tests
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. Because hormones rise and fall all the while, they are rarely reliable. My gynaecologist treats by symptoms.
MayB tell us more about your overall hormone health, i.e. periods etc..
Some find that keeping a mood/food/symptom diary is of use to chart progress. This will also tell you how often you have mood swings, which can be caused by not eating enough regularly. I was advised to eat every 3 hours, even in the night if I got up ........ I tend to stick with that regime, 30 years later as it suits me.
Think why you began taking HRT - has it helped that at all?
You can put the name of the product/s into the search box individually to see how others have coped?