High blood pressure comes a lot of the times with the pain we are in. The higher the pain the higher the blood pressure gets at times. I have noticed this with me.

I do know you really have to keep an eye on the bp and try to get it down. That's the cause of me losing Bill. He had high blood pressure from the time we got married, maybe before. It started getting worse about 15 years ago and no Dr. could get it down. Our PCP worked harder at it then any heart Drs. he saw. Our PA use to say he didn't know how he was still standing. It was inherited also for him.

Was your BP high before RSD or after? I know that might be a hard question to answer. I can't remember things from day to day. We have finally got mine back down and it has stayed down except when my pain is through the roof.

Also you might want to see a Cardiolgist. There might be other reasons your BP is so high. Nowadays we seem to have to see a Dr. for each thing going on.

Why do Drs. not listen? Good question. I use to run up on that a lot when I first became injured. I think for me it was because I just had too many medical issues and they didn't want to deal with me. Also money is an issue at times. I had no insurance for 5 years and then when I did get insurance it was state insurance and a lot of Drs. wouldn't even see me because of it.
I honestly believe it's just finding the right Dr. that knows what he is doing and cares. With RSD, there are a lot of drs. that know nothing about it. I ran up on some that did and wouldn't take care of me because of it. When it comes to surgeries a person needs, it's really hard to find a Dr. that will take care of a patient with RSD.

I hope you do get your diagnoses. I think that's one of the hardest things about being ill, is not getting diagnosed. Once you do then it's just finding the right Drs. in that field.

Hope you get your answers soon.

Ada