Sickening that we have to be smarter than our providing doctor’s ignorance

Edit update: i am restricted to this one doctor based on my insurance. Logic is trying to catch her but she’s faster. Even armed with studies she takes “conservative” lowest risk dosage.

1. she won’t up my estrogen dose even though I have no side effects yet I’m still having perimenopause symptoms like hot flashes, and brain fog
2. She won’t prescribe testosterone because she considers it only for men

So I’ve taken it upon myself to use a telehealth doctor to top off my prescription . I read somewhere that amazon can do a telehealth appointment for $29.

The problem is now my doctor wants me to do blood test . Like an idiot she doesn’t understand that blood test only give you results for hormones that day.

My fear is that she will see that my hormone levels are now good and will reinforce her idea that thinking she’s a great doctor and prescribed and restricted the right medication amount.

My question is how how long does HRT last in our system? Or exactly how long should I stop taking my topped off dose so that it reads the level of her prescription?

Or better yet maybe I should just not take the HRT for a few days so that she sees that my levels are really low and will finally top it off and up my dosage?