I heard those words many times from my mouth.

I am so sorry you are going through this. Have you tried blocks to see if those might help calm the pain? They can help for some no matter how long a person has had it.

I just took a half of a 5 mg. of Methadone to calm some of my pain. It sounds like a little compared to most but it helps. If I could take a 5 all of the time it would help with my pain a lot more. My chest pain won't let me do that but it is a good pain med.

Also you might want to ask about lidoderm patches. They help. You can slap 3 of them on at a time. 12 hours on and 12 off.

Some people take hot baths for the pain. That didn't help me at all when I was at might worst.

I can remember the 5 years it took to get my RSD calmed down. I couldn't have done it on my own though. If I hadn't had Drs. in place to help keep mine calm, I would never have had it calm.

Also PT helps. Some believe in agressive, I don't.

Ask your Dr. about these things to see if he might let you try the patches. Of course others will come on with a list of meds for you also. That way you will have more to choose from.

I sure hope things start calming down for you soon.

Ada