@Ley. Yes my low back pain can be debilitating. I couldn't walk for 10 day November my low back pain was so bad. Naproxen Sodium helps sometimes (aleve or prescription kind) acupuncture also helped me. But the biggest thing I try to keep my information down with kombucha. Now started with a lemon ginger and fresh turmeric that I make myself. Hope that's helpful. I feel better than I have in years. Not foggy and fatigue. Cutting out meat was the big difference with my swelling.

Have any of you been referred to a neurologist or rheumatologist

@becka yes a rheumatologist not a neurologist. Did they say why neurologist? For the numbness? I prayed for guidance and have had to do alot of my own research. Drs want to go by the number on the lab result and not how you are being affected. A good friend of mine has sarcoidosis which is another form of an autoimmune disease it took her so many years to get the proper treatment and now her lungs are scared. You have to watch out for your triggers and try to eliminate those things. Your body thinks that it's sick but it's not so it's attacking itself. I try to use reliable sources to help me along the way. I have felt better in these last 3 weeks since I got diagnosed than I have in 3 years.