"been dealing with sciatica for 5 months. 1st 3 months were insane pain, couldnt even dress myself. here is my med issue:



degenerative disks at l5 s1 and minor at s1 s2, 6mm herniation inside left side at l5 s1

gongenital spinal stenosis from l5 down



this has caused a lot of pressure on my sciatic nerve and severe pain down my entire left leg, mostly at the hip but moves around.



i started with norco...it was not even as good as ibuprofin for the pain. stopped after a week



next was tramadol...same results as norco, barely any relief



then started naproxin and gabapentin. pain was reduced by 80-90%.  stopped the naproxin due to potentially very bad side effects. stayed on gabapentin, same reduction in pain. gabapentin works!!!!"