Sammiejane,
I don't think you can make any sort of comparison between transdermal & Livial as Livial doesn't actually contain oestrogen/progesterone/testosterone but a compound that your body coverts to O/P/T, from what I understand.
And as everyone is different, some women respond well to it and others don't, but in my experience you need to give it at least 6m to settle, as long as the side effects aren't too much of an issue. If you search for my posts I did quite a long diary of my experience when I was on it from 2016.
HTH,
S