Mustard 1, this is just my own personal experience but to be honest, Evorel conti would do more harm than good for me and wouldn't even get close to relieving menopause symptoms but I should add that my body decided to reject all forms of artificial progesterone post menopause. Norethisterone is a very strong form of progesterone and I once had 5 silent migraines attacks in one day while taking the oral form.
You obviously tolerate it reasonably well but it sounds like it's wiping out all the positive effects of the oestrogen. I would suggest you increase the gel until you get to the point where you feel significant symptom relief and your mood has improved. Because you are on continuous progesterone you might bleed but it's a reasonable trade off for feeling better overall.
You could consider switching to Oestrogel and Femseven patches which have a better tolerated form of progesterone.
Re high oestrogen levels, it's something I was left to work out for myself sadly. My gynaecologist suggested I reduce my oestrogen dose some time ago and it was a complete and utter disaster. The idea was to avoid heavy periods but the result was dreadful because I felt bloody awful and had a cycle of migraines during the progesterone phase. I am categorically never, ever going there again. When I told my gynaecologist about it at my next uterine scan she was truly horrified and said 'oh no, that wasn't the idea at all'.
I think it's difficult to understand if you have never experienced the lows of progesterone intolerance and the wonderful normality of oestrogen. In my case, the contrast is very stark.
I'm sure you will feel much better with a higher dose of gel but give it a couple of weeks to work. I would try the patch with two pumps of gel.
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