OH Boy do I know what your going through. SInce my last bad attack 2yrs ago, I never did fully recovery feeling in my foot and as I am a recoverying pain-med addict, I didn't go back to the Dr's because I was afraid he may give me something and I'll be hooked again or I was afraid that I really did want him to give me something so I will be hooked again, but 3weeks ago with it getting harder and harder to do my job and constant pain I went and explained I wasn't looking for time off work, nor narcotics and he prescribed "Diclofenic" and it worked wonders!