Am I on the wrong HRT?

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Hello! I went to my Dr about a year ago after putting up with terrible night sweats, insomnia and general low mood for several months.  Bloods came back showing reduced hormone levels ( no surprise there - I had just turned 50!)  I was still having periods, albeit very infrequently.  The Dr put me on Premique Low Dose, and within a couple of weeks I was feeling so much better! No sweats, and as a result sleeping better and feeling a lot more cheerful.  But now they appear to have stopped supplying Premique LD, and the Dr has prescibed Femoston conti 1mg/5mg (which I haven't started taking yet).  On doing a bit of research it seems that I really shouldn't be on a continuous tablet, if I was still having occasional periods?  Is this really bad?? Also, the dosage of the new tablets seems too high, although I know that the active ingredients are a different formulation...are they comparable? Thank you for your advice!

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    Can you take 1/2 dose to start ? Is it a patch ? 

    My full patch of Climara Pro made me very weird and extremely down so I’ve since cut it in half ..... and will give that a try for a few weeks . I should have started on just 1/2 patch as I’m sensitive to medication but I was so desperate I just slapped that thing on ! 

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