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Originally Posted by visioniosiv
Hey guys ---
I had RSD, and don't anymore. I feel guilty saying it here knowing what everyone goes through every day.
If you made it all the frickin' way down here - thanks for reading 
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I am at this point about 90% recovered which means that I returned to a full life, with certain conditions - of which see at the end of my post.
Long before CRPS I was very careful about what I eat. No junk food, mostly vegetarian, most of what I eat is cooked by me, so I know exactly what goes into my meals. It may have not been a decisive factor for me - but I would not know for sure.
Besides that, I did only the following from the visioniosiv's regiment:
Mental
***Research on central and peripheral nervous systems, human anatomy, fascia/anatomical trains, analogous conditions like fibromyalgia, MS, etc.***
Jungian philosophy/Myers Briggs. Assessed my own personality strengths and weaknesses which enabled me to be more effective on the followthrough and tracking of my ideas.
***These got me started on an amazing spiritual journey, once I realized the correlation between specific body parts affected by injury/disease, and the types of subconscious emotion associated with these body parts.***
o ***Spiritual***
Sought out commonalities between religious icons/scientists/prophets/mystics: Jesus/Buddha/Mohammed/Krishna/Lao Tsu/Osho/Einstein/Martinus/Hilarion/Truth Contest/Ike Newton/Lahiri/Openhandweb
***Developed a system of understanding spirituality from a scientific approach (the study of Cause and Effect)***
Learned about the nature of duality and Karmic Law.
***Accepted personal responsibility for everything that I experience.***
***Gratitude in all facets of life. ***
Found things things I was grateful for every night
Stayed as mindful as possible of everyday blessings as they happen
***Prayer***
For others in my position or worse to be healed
Meditated
Watched for clues to subconscious emotional and mental patterns
Sungazing early morning.
Identify, confront, and dissolve fears.
Childhood
Teenager
Current
Channelling Higher Self
Automatic writing
***Meditation.*** Daily - preferably more, preferably morning & evening.
***Spinal breathing/Chakras***
***Yoga***
I came to a firm conclusion that my CRPS (both hands and forearms affected, started spreading to feet and shoulders) was caused by severe insomnia of 20 years, stress, fears and life-long general anxiety syndrome that I always dismissed as manifestation of "wussiness" (I no longer view it that way - but it is a much longer story to describe). Identifying fears and learning how to handle them was one of the most important steps in my recovery.
Now about conditions to a full life that I mentioned before:
I watch my stress levels and anxiety levels like a hawk. I watch my sleep very carefully. I do not let myself slip into my old stressed out self. Those are conditions that I find to be the key to continue staying CRPS-free. People around me tell me that I look much happier than before, that my face is radiant - and I do feel much happier now than before I got CRPS.
I am writing about my experience and it may turn into a book. I am posting here for people to know that you can beat CRPS and live a normal life.