Aromatization?

trigger warning for menstration!

hello all. i’m afab on T and wanted advice from people who know this hormone well.

i’ve been on 1.62% gel for about 10 months. for around the first 4 months i experienced regular changes, body fat redistribution, minor vocal changes, body temperature differences, etc. but since then it has been all downhill. i am intersex so my T is naturally very, very high and around the 5th month of hrt i started experiencing what i would describe to be an opposite effect, as if i were on E instead. since then, my facial hair which grows naturally has stopped, i’ve experienced a strange form of heavy and miserable menstruation that lasts for 3 weeks each month whereas i usually don’t menstruate barely at all, my vocal changes have come to a screeching halt, i’ve had a lot of chest tenderness, severe bloating and even some weight gain which has come as a shock as i have always been nearly underweight. the only relief from this hell i’ve experienced has been in the short periods of time i’ve spent off T since starting it, once for 2 weeks for surgery, once for 2 weeks after running out before the pharmacy would refill it.

i have an appointment with my doctor at planned parenthood next week to talk about this but i wanted to get the community‘s take on it first. does this sound like aromatization? if it isn’t i don’t know what’s wrong with me and it’s beginning to freak me out.

thanks.