Oh I had bad anxiety, moodiness, tiredness, bloating ( still have a bit of that ), brain fog and lack of motivation. Most of it was around anxiety and panic, but probably because they’re more obvious and difficult symptoms. It was like typical peri menopause symptoms. The main reason I initially switched to patch was the gel was annoying to put on, I just couldn’t deal with the hassle and both doctor and I think I absorb it better through the patch. But I think the symptom side of things was worse because the dose was too high. So I would be aware of that and although not what you should determine dose by, I think blood tests can help a little to understand symptoms sometimes.