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@liv2020 Of course, we’re not doctors here. You can try supplements for the pain. There are various anti inflammatory plant supplements and also nerves like healthy fats (cuts the pain). Try Turmeric (youtheory extra strength is what I use) as well as all kinds of flavonoids in green powders like ORAC energy green + extra vitamin c (split it up over all meals to just below 2000 mg/day). Also healthy fats like you find in hemp seed oil (1 tablespoon/ day) to reduce nerve pain. Consider safer antidepressants like cymbalta or nortriptyline (as those are prescribed, you’ll need to talk with your doctor), if you need them (I found supplements got my pain down so I went off nortriptyline - I was on it 3 different times).
Also check out the book “Why we hurt and how we heal” 2nd edition on Amazon by Dr. Greg Fors. He discusses many of the “treatments” like injections, etc. and he is not a fan. I personally am not a fan of chiropractic adjustments, either, but chiropractors often have useful tools for those of us in pain. Also, be sure to keep moving and exercising. Dr Fors discusses gut health which is a factor in myofascial pain as well as fibromyalgia. Dr. Fors has many suggestions about supplements and gut heath, exercise, etc.
Your description of the pain could be myofascial if you don’t have the many fibromyalgia tender points. Your description of the pain does not map to one dermatome (suggesting it is not simply a pinched nerve). Yet it is nerve pain. Be aware that the myofascial system supposedly has 4x the nerve density near the skin. It also could be a neuropathy that is starting. Either way, supplements and dietary changes (and good gut health + probiotics) might help reduce that pain and exercise (to the extent you can tolerate it) can also help. Manage those and it might go away. As for me, I try to minimize things like injections, big Pharma drugs, if possible, as the side effects are significant (of course, if your pain is great, you may need something to cut nerve pain ( if so perhaps try cymbalta or nortriptyline). Dr. Fors discusses all that in great detail.
If your pain is myofascial you may have some “trigger points” or charley horses causing pain. You can find and eliminate them (see Dr. Fors book), but they might go away with proper nutrition, gut health and exercise anyway. These are things to consider. Good luck.
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@liv1020 See my comments above in my prior post (but I made a typo instead of tagging you). You also referenced a painful bladder (like interstitial cystitis?). You might want to also check out a book called "a headache in the Pelvis" by Dr. Wise and Anderson. These things can be tricky to diagnose with a myriad of symptoms centered around the pelvic region and you get bounced around from one specialist to another. It is worth considering. That book mentions myofascial pain disorders that cause these unusual pains like you have (like I have, too). Dr. Fors' book is more on the practical side - but the headache in the plevis book discusses a large number of seemingly unrelated diagnoses may have these features. Again, see my comments above about diet, supplements, exercise (I really like Pilates reformer and TRX suspension exercises, among others) as these are the way to "cure / control" it if this might be the issue. Sometimes a good physical therapist can also bring great insights into things (if it was the pelvic floor, you might want to find a specialist re: that). It very well could be a myofascial pain type issue you have. Good luck.
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FYI my doctor put me on 1800mg p/day of neurontin (gabapentin) for pain. Some days are better than others and my major side effect is sleepiness. This is for pain in my neck, shoulders and arms. I was in a car accident and have pinched nerves.