Melody,

I TOTALLY agree with what was said about the brain in the meeting. My own Neurologist has recently changed my small fiber PN diagnosis to Central Pain Syndrome. And boy, does it ever make so much more sense to me. She basically said without going into great detail that the severe pain I experienced from the spinal disorders left an "imprint" on my brain. So, I have the central sensitization or whatever label someone wants to put on it. Basically, I have a hypersensitive CNS. And this is why most meds will not work for me or just barely take the edge off. Anyway, painonline.org explains it best. And I think this is why Klonopin helps me so much and the only med that ever has. It is just quieting my CNS. Also, along with my Neurologist and during the past two years I have had two other docs mention I must have a "CNS problem"!