Thanks Bluie
I'm glad they took me seriously at the hospital and gave me that shot right away, I thought they'd just shrug and say 'deal with it' and send me on my way again. I really thought they would and might not have gone to the hospital at all, but the chiro said I needed to. (Though he was hoping they'd take a CAT or MRI...but I knew they wouldn't.)
On the positive side, thanks to being prescribed this relaxant, I now know that relaxants seem to cancel out any bad effect that modafinil causes. Which MIGHT mean I could find a way to take it a little more regularly, as prescribed, and have a half-way productive life
I could even try triple-coated, refined peppermint (like IBgard) which is OTC...shouldn't be able to cause reflux due to the strong enteric coating, but it dramatically reduces intestinal spasms and cramping. I may try taking it for a few days with modafinil and see how that works out. If it doesn't, I could go a step up try asking my GP for one of the IBS-specific smooth-muscle relaxants.
So, until this acute bout of piriformis syndrome or sciatica (whichever!) is over, it looks like I have to avoid sitting. It puts too much pressure on those areas, and I need to avoid all compression of that region. Fifteen minutes of sitting upright and my problem starts spreading, so have to avoid that, probably until my foot is no longer numb? (Why is the damned thing still numb if the nerve is no longer being totally squashed?) And taking a relaxant that makes you sleepy on top of my pre-existing fatigue means there's no way I can spend much time standing, and 3D handheld gaming makes me headachy and, if I
persist, nauseated, so uh...I don't think I can do much with Xenoblade 3 for a fair while yet. Still enjoying Skip Beat (it has 43 volumes so with me falling asleep all the time, it takes a while to get through it!)
Just found out that one of the games I've been idly keeping an eye on, Everdream Valley (not to be confused with Dreamlight Valley...come on, game devs, get some imagination of your own and STOP calling everything Somethingorother
Valley!) Apparently you play as animals (or insects) at night. There's an indie I knew from a while back that uses that schtick. Two, actually, I believe it was, where you turn into an animal at night for some mysterious reason. Anyway, HUGE turn-off for me; it made me not want the game any more.
I don't know yet if I'll opt in on (Disney's) Dreamlight Valley. Depends on the price of this...what did they call it? Pioneer pack? I'll try it if the price is good. It's out in e.a. on September 6th. But otherwise my next new game is either Potion Permit, if I decide to get it, or Trails from Zero. Kinda too bad the dates weren't reversed, for me. 2D gaming isn't head-twisty and works great in handheld.