Stank, that burning stabbing tingling stuff sounds exactly like acute tendonitis. I had to deal with it for awhile until I figured it out. But you probably know exactly what it is - just sayin'.
Once I realized it was caused by tension, I could get a grip on it.
You say the Balls Deep straightened out after a month or so? That jibes with what I was thinking. I've fooled around with the HB blend, sometimes upcanning before the cook is done, sometimes cooking a single pot at a time. Early on, I found that you can wet down a stale dry bin of soil, warm it up, and it'll come back lush and fertile within a few weeks. I've seen plants do what you described - perk up after a couple weeks in new poorly cooked soil. I'm thinking that the soil can cook in a pot as well as a large bin. Maybe not "as well", but enough. I don't know at what rate your ingredients break down, so some processes might continue for too long. Dunno. But I bet if you wet down your sour soil and warm it up, it'll stabilize and work.
Plants look great! I like the swollen knobby buds.