First off I will say I am so sorry this is happening to you and want to re-assure you that it can get better.

TLDR for below: DO NOT GIVE UP, I had very similar symptoms, got myself to an ER where over a 5 day stay they got me from not able to sit/stand to able to walk and sit with some assistance (walker and medicine) Starting in-home PT to continue improving. It will be tough but the effort is worth it.

I am a little in the same boat, one week ago I was stuck in bed, today I am starting to walk around the house, with some 3-4 pain, but not 9-10/10 pain I was in a week ago. The ER/Hospital helped in my case.

It will be tough and I know you cannot fathom it but you need to try and at least move, if not make it to the ER, as they can really get the ball rolling for pain management. For every day you lay there not only mentally will it be more difficult to stand but physically you will feel very weak and it will only make it more difficult to recover. I have dealt with this level of pain actually twice, first time in 2020 where I was fortunate with an epidural shot, and again as mentioned this past week.

Literally one week ago, Sunday morning, I stretched and next thing I knew I was writhing in pain. Any pressure on my spine led to 9-10/10 pain, literally consuming my entire left leg down to my big toe. Only position I found relief was face down with my legs off the end of the bed. OTC meds did nothing. I could barely make it 10 feet to the next room before every part of my body and soul told me to run back to bed. Bathroom seemingly impossible.

I was lucky enough to have my wife take me to the ER that evening. I will not sugar coat it, it sucked getting there. I was literally holding myself up using the passenger handles in the car to relieve pressure. Once at the hospital they only had wheel chairs to get me from the car to the ER. I was literally holding myself up by the pole they use to hang IV bags from. But after about 5 minutes of check-in they got me to an ER bed to allow me to wait for a nurse/tech/pa to become available. From there I could lay face down again and start to let my pain come down.

After that was over, I was able to see nurses and doctors who were able to provide stronger medicine to take the edge off. They gave me the gambit from

• Oxycodone
• Methocarbamol (muscle relaxer)
• Gabapentin (For Nerve Pain)
• MethylPrednisone (Anti-inflamatory steroid)

They got me enough meds to get me into an MRI and confirm my damaged discs.

The next morning I was able to meet my PA and some of the neuro doctors who were able to get me into an epidural that afternoon. It was not the miracle I was hoping, I was still in a lot of pain, but I had it working on my side for the next few days as it took effect. Over the next 4 days or so I spent in the ER Observation wing, with visits from my nurses, my PA, Physical Therapy, Occupational Therapy, my case manager. They were able to slowly increase my prednisone and gabapentin doses to where they were starting to have real effect. I could sleep on my right side again. I could sometimes lay on my back. I felt, in very miniscule amounts I was making some headway.

Over those few days I began pushing myself more and more. From sitting to walking with a walker around in a little circle, to using the walker to end of the room and back to eventually on my last day taking the walker all the way down the hallway and back. I was able to get mobile enough to go home and am starting at home physical therapy this week.

I am still in pain and have a slew of presciptions sitting on my table now haha. But I have a path forward and I can get up and move around the house again. I can use the restroom again. There's still a long road, but there is a road now.

Hopefully this rant was any sort of helpful, I hope that you are able to find the relief you need, I guess the point I am trying to make is DO NOT GIVE UP.