Originally Posted by Neurochic

I can see that you have a good system in place for trying to objectively assess any new symptoms or changes in your health. You are absolutely right that my comments are generally aimed at anyone who may find them useful or who may not realise that there are so many possible causes of general symptoms like flushing or feeling hot/cold.

You are spot on in your comments about your own experience of anxiety - medically CRPS doesn't cause anxiety but of course it is possible for someone diagnosed with CRPS to then suffer from anxiety because they are worrying so much about the CRPS diagnosis. Separating out each condition, disease, symptom or problem makes it much easier to objectively assess what is going on and to identify the most likely cause of each.

Perspective and the bigger picture is so important, isn't it? So often in life you can see people jump to 'worst case scenario' conclusions but from the outside its so clear that they have ignored all of the screamingly obvious and infinitely more likely reasons for their symptoms or problems! Then, if other people just agree with them, it perpetuates the error and gives reinforcement to their incorrect conclusion. After that, if anyone (including a doctor) tries to challenge the now entrenched incorrect views it so often results in mega-defensiveness and refusal to accept an alternative view (however correct the alternative is!!). Always challenging or re-assessing your own logic and regularly stepping back to look at the bigger picture is so important.