Hi J Butler.........
I'm on Femoston conti, been on it for a few years now, and at first, it gave me terrible headaches too, and really bad pain behind my left ear, 🤷♀️ .
It takes a while, up to 6 months to see if they settle down, ( mine took longer than that, but everything else improved, so I stuck with it) , I'm now on 1 and a half mg, sometimes 2 mg. I alternate because the prog in it gives me side effects.
Stick with it if you can, it may settle, and if not, yeah, try it on alternate days. I would, it's all trail and error anyway, to see what and is, the best that suits us.
There's others to try anyway. That's if you wanted to.
Sorry about the sleep. I'm sure someone else will be on with suggestions for that one.
Keep posting, let us know how your getting on.
Good luck with it. Maybe take painkillers for the headaches. ☹️
Jd xx