Hi Nan so sorry for your pain and suffering. May I ask what meds you are on?
You have to get it down from the 9-10 range I have been there for months before at a time and like you am literally locked in a room. Mine is now managed much better with help from a new med mixture- let me know how you are doing and who is helping you manage your pain. what type of doctor. My goal is to keep mine down at a 5-6 which is still more pain than the average person out there with out rsd could ever manage-but we can. Not a9-10 pain level- that is dangerous for anyone for many reasons. Please go online and find the "intractable pain handbook", by dr. tennat. it is indespensible for understanding what our pain is doing to our bodies, and what we must do to manage it, especially when you get to the stage you are in. Take care, please read the handbook and update me if you can. Sincerely, cz