Sounds like you need time with a very experienced fitter, to work with you on what is best for your body, whether that is drop bars or other type. If you only have problems in the drops and not when on the brake hoods, the fitter might pick up on some nuance that is going on.

The challenge with raising and lowering seats and bars/stems is that they also change your forward/rearward position since they are angled, which then affects knee over pedal spindle, fore and aft position of the handlebars.

Good luck.