Hi Sammiejane i took elleste solo 1mg for 3 months from September last year. It improved my mood but didn't really help with any of my other symptoms but didn't give me any side effects.
My GP agreed to increase me to 2mg from December. All was ok until 2 weeks ago (so I had been taking them for almost a month at that point) when I started to get a very upset stomach- intermittent diarrhoea, bloating, very uncomfortable bad ache and side pains in the morning. And my other symptoms hadn't improved. So on Monday i stopped taking it. The stomach issues have got better but haven't completely resolved but it's early days so the jury is still out!
I used gel for about 7 months last year but wasn't absorbing it.
I am going to try patches and if they don't work then give up!
HTH.