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Originally Posted by romans8
One of my doctors (not TOS surgeon) thinks I may have "hyperactive sympathetic nerves" from all of this. He said it is very difficult to treat. He has suggested a spinal cord stimulator but I have not seen where those have helped too many people. Has anyone else been told that about sympathetic nerves or have any insight into it?
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Could he be thinking of CRPS/RSD?
(Reflex Sympathetic Dystrophy (Complex Regional Pain Syndromes Type I) and Causalgia (Complex Regional Pain Syndromes Type II)(RSD and CRPS))
http://neurotalk.psychcentral.com/forum21.html
Some of our long time members w/ TOS developed RSD/CRPS also..
No one recently has mentioned the combination of dx's so I didn't bring it up.
Many would get a dx of fibromyalgia also.