Severe Backache

[gordiescotland1]

Hi there I have got severe backache and I don't know how I've done it it came on very suddenly this afternoon in lower back with pain in my left leg. I have had sciatica before twice I am taking co coda mol and diazepam but no help at all I can't sleep as can find no position pain free I am also feeling shivery I don't know whether I should try and sleep on the floor. Getting up and walking is a nightmare I can hardly straighten my back

[Buenchico]

You might find something to help you by clicking through the links here (especially, of course, 'Treatment'):
http://www.nhs.uk/conditions/Back-pain/Pages/Introduction.aspx

With regard to sleeping on the floor though, I'll give you one important suggestion: Make sure that you go to sleep next to something solid that you can use to pull yourself up on when you wake up! That's written from experience; I sometimes find that sleeping on the floor can help me get through aches and pains but the good work is rapidly undone if I have to put myself through pain in order to be able to get up from the floor!