I have been diagnosed with a degenerative disk in my lumbar along with one that has ruptured and has scar tissue. I, unfortunately have to live with these sciatic symptoms for life, because I was told they never go away. After a few months of therapy, I felt great and got back to 100%. Even though it won't go away, that was an awesome time. I was out of work for months and now that I am back, I have been working so much that my energy levels have dropped from all the OT and weird hours and I have been broke and haven't taken my supplements for two weeks. I started to feel symptomatic again, do you think it is the fact that I haven't been taking my glucosamine???