After discussing this with you yesterday, thru PMs, I had another thought.

Do the Lidoderms for at least 2 weeks every day as directed.
Placement of them is pretty important, so don't hesitate to try different locations. Putting them down where you feel the pain is rather useless and wasteful. You need to find the exact location of the nerve that is overfiring, and put the patch over THAT.

Think of it like tree roots. Numbing the little end points does not stop the pain signal from the main root going up the trunk (in human terms to the spinal cord).

Here is a 3D video program showing nerve distributions.
http://www.healthline.com/vpbody/ner...-spine-to-foot

This may be rotated to show side/back views.

Placing the patches high on the thigh where the main nerve is, can be more effective than all along the nerve.
Turn the graphic to show lateral view... you don't want to waste those patches down the leg...there are just too many little branches. You want the "mother" part of the nerve where they all come together.

Now the lateral femoral nerve does go into the spine at L4 and L5 (this varies with people), and a patch back there may also help more than patches down the leg. So if you use more than one patch, try one back there.

It takes a while for Lidoderms to get going. So give is a few days as well.

In the meantime, I think you should investigate whether you have a B12 deficiency and have some testing done. Low B12 can cause nerve damage. And yours may be the beginning of a bigger problem. Your blood work should be 400 or above...if you doctor says "normal" ask for the results.
My B12 thread:
http://neurotalk.psychcentral.com/thread85103.html
more details here.

Also have a Vit D test done, to show if you are low like most of us on these forums have discovered. Very low D is connected to chronic pain states. Studies are showing pain is reduced when D levels are normalized. So these two tests may tell you more than you realize.
Vit D information here:
http://neurotalk.psychcentral.com/thread92116.html