Pain can be horrible at night but get relatively better in the morning. It took me a few visits to realize my doctors didn't realize that saying it was an 8 at

Pain can be horrible at night but get relatively better in the morning. It took me a few visits to realize my doctors didn't realize that saying it was an 8 at night didn't make it clear that I was being rocked with waves of stabbing pain, where I couldn't sleep all night, and literally couldn't move my foot, even if I tried to pick it up with both hands. But because I was coherent and calm the next morning, an 8 must have seemed like a moderate amount of pain! Anyway, the right place to go is rheumatologist. Urgent care or ER in the meantime, but insist that you get steroids or at least colchicine if you need pain relief.