Finally got a higher dose but…

I (F52) am post, have been on synten 75 and progesteron 100 mg for 1,5 years. Was good for a while but not all my symptoms vanished. Kind of depressed, joint pains, still some sweats, hairloss. My gyn refused to increase my synten to 100, he said for some women hst doesn’t work and I just had to live with it. Infuriating! Fortunately, I found a new gyn who put me on 100 mg oestrogen last week but these plasters only come in estradiol, not synten. I have used these in the beginning but they irritated my skin do I switched to spray (didn’t work) and then synten which I love.

My hot flashes are back. More depressed than ever. Gyn is on holiday. Do I need to continue with these plasters and see if it improves? Or shall I cut my leftover synten 75 and just add on till I reach 100? I am curious how other women out there are handling this.