Burning Neck Pain radiating down left arm and foot, along my spine and now piercing on my left ribc

For the past 2 years and a half, I have been unable to sleep on my side after a bad slip and fall at work (whiplash, under right chest, right hip and knee injuries)) Since 2 months ago, I have also not been able to sleep on my back most of the time and would sleep in a sitting position (too many sleepless nights). Ironically, I feel some relief when standing up. The pain in my neck start around C3/4/5 (?) when laying down and goes down my left arm up to forearm, finger, etc, then down my left side, sometimes with piercing on my back pain along the spine and going to my upper chest, which was new, and then down my left glute to my left calf and left foot. I felt some jolt in my left ear and sharp pain under my left eye too. Lately, the pain on my left side has been hovering on my left ribcage side and inhaling has been very painful when lying or sitting down, some light relief when standing though. Last night the pain on my left ribcage was unbearable and I couldn’t stay either sitting or lying. At time, especially last night, I will feel a jolt & discomfort in my right arm and right leg too. Several chiropractors told me that if it were a neck pain, only the upper body would be getting the feeling I described. I do know my body and the pain starts at the neck like a circle of fire (sometimes a jolt) and goes all the way to the lower parts of my body. Which includes my digestive system. I feel terribly desperate and it's getting terrifying too as I have been doing all the right exercises, seen several chiropractors, had MRI 4, 3, and 2 years ago showing only a bit it of degeneration in my cervical spine; arthritis, etc. My neck feels dull at this point and as soon as I lay down, I feel warmth in my neck along heavy heartbeat, stop feeling the cold around, have my hands and feet sweat a bit and then, the pain start to be unbearable: along the spine, glutes, leg (s). A few months before, I will feel some clatters in my neck when moving my head, but now it feels like numb with fluids, no clatters or bone moving like before. Having dark thoughts at the moment. I can't rest and will not have any fusion if it's what is recommended.

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