hey lisa - i feel your pain (literally ;-)) and your frustration. i was recently diagnosed after a shoulder surgery and it is very difficult for people to understand what RSD IS let alone what it DOES to your body and your life. i've had weird symptoms that maybe other people don't catch, but i do. like the stuttering as of late and the fact that i can NOT sleep if i don't take a sleeping pill because my brain gets really funky. i've never had problems sleeping in my life.

so you have found a good place to vent and it is really ok. really. nobody here gets tired of hearing how much pain you're in or how blue you feel. this is the most caring place i have found since my diagnosis.

i suffer with depression also. i have been diagnosed bipolar II, PTSD... amongst a list of other things that do NOT help in dealing with RSD. i actually went off my meds (cymbalta & celexa) because i was scared i would forget and take 1 too many methadone tabs and OD or something. i have had some very very blue (bordering on black) days as a result. so at some point i will talk to my doctor. i still don't know what is going on from day to day.

i hope that you feel welcome here.

shalom,
ang