Oh ya youd swap your left toe just to be able to turn it off. Back in 98 it was L5/S1 I had a problem with. It sucked major. For a month or so I drove all the way down to Providence RI to see this guy that was amazing with accupuncture.Similar..similar here.... ...no discs involvement....I just cut through two nerves and the tendon.
One nerve healed the other just kept sending pain messages....permanently...
Fake pain in one way ......but all to Believable pain if you get it.
Pain to slit your Throat to.
Are you Locked in the Pain cycle now......? ..
When he was done it was like the clouds parted and fir the next 3 days no sciatica no spasms.
Then it would creep back in and by the following week the amp was dailed back up to 11.
Thankfully a discretemy fixed it.
The first one it took maybe 4 months b4 all the nerve pain disappeared.
The 2nd time I got the surgery right away and the relief was instant.
I was told by the nuerosurgeon the longer you leave the nerve triggered the longer it takes b4 the pain disappears.
I hope you get relief I know 1st hand it's no Christmas party. Be wouldn't wish it on anyone.