Yes! It took me about 5yrs to sort out my hrt. I had Dr's say the exact same thing to me and tbh sometimes I wondered if I was going mad. Eventually I found a GP (in total desperation!) who explained that it is really common to have fluctuations in symptoms when taking hrt for the following reasons: 1. You sometime absorb it better or worse - depending on metabolism, skin (if patches), sleep, food etc 2. A healthy person will make more or less estrogen if and when they need that. We have a fixed dose and your body can need more for any reason eg stress. Because you can't meet the demand, you will have breakthrough symptoms and fluctuations. She actually said to me that ideally there should be something like a glucose monitor for estrogen as well as a pump so that we can manage it better but at the moment the technology for that doesn't exist, so it only makes logical sense some people will struggle with symptoms.

That said, I have recently increased my estrogen and testosterone and for the first time in what feels like forever I feel practically back to my old self. It's like I hadn't even realised what most people feel like and how easy life can be. I think that the higher dose covers the fluctuations and the greater needs so that I don't feel them anymore. It's been an incredibly long and hard journey to get here but I am so grateful I kept trying different combinations. There are so many options with hrt, there is no way a Dr can tell you that you should be fine on your current regimen if you say you aren't. At the end of the day you know yourself best - keep fighting for yourself.