Unfortunately we're all different and most woman on this forum seems to require additional estrogen.
There are a few, and plenty on other groups that, in peri, suffer more with too much E relative to P. This is 100% my case. I've also had it confirmed by a private clinic.
If I could tolerate progesterone, I'd be in a decent dose in a heartbeat to try and balance my estrogen.
From what you have said, it sounds like you are the same - at this stage. I have read that progesterone makes any lining builder up shed - so that's possibly what happened this month.
So, if it were me, I'd do another month on the prog. You're day 3 of a new cycle - estrogen will be rising. For me, those would be estrogen symptoms, unbalanced.
If the progesterone doesn't help, you could try cutting your patch and trying a lower dose of estrogen on top?
If I'd have had advice about high estrogen/low prog in peri much earlier on, I think I could've had a different experience.
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But I'm still stuck in torture. Just praying for the day my estrogen goes south!