several days ago i began to experience what i call "episodes" on my right side, just where the hip and thigh meet. it's like a "lightening bolt", that goes through to the lower abdoman and down into the upper thigh. i cannot function with this - all my willpower is used to keep from falling. after these "episodes" are over, there's a lot of residual pain, and i cannot stand upright completely, or put the proportionate amount of weight on that side. i do have mod/severe degenerative disease, primarily in the cervical spine. i have been in pain management for two years now, prescribed the same doses with no change at all. i am not prescribed any meds for "breakthrough" pain, and since this has started, i'm in agony. what in the world do I do?