I know the degree of pain for one thing is diffrent, and the temperature changes, color, mottling etc arent there with the FM, alot of us have swelling and ichemic extremeties that FM won't have.. but I do think that there are some similarities and they will probibly find they work along the same lines eventualy.. RSD is more localized in alot of cases but when the FM diagnosis seems to realy come into play is when RSD goes systemic alot of docs I think don't know it happens and the only reasonable other diagnosis to them is FM.. it can also work the other way.

Good luck to you and your hunt for answers, avoid ice injurys and surgerys, I myself have been diagnosed with CRPS 1 and fibromyalgia, then later diagnosed as full body generalized RSD/CRPS and I'd like to hear others responces to this as well.

be well,
Sandra