Hi Summertime,

I'm sorry to have those symptoms, as well as all of you that responded to Summertime. I don't have those particular symptoms, but I did want to mention a drug that I feel helps me a lot. It's Lorazepam 2 mg. 3x day. It's an anti-anxiety med and it keeps me calm, as far as possible. It do have skin issues, itchy and just last week broke out in awful lesions, huge blisters and very painful. Itchy feeling is maddening and I feel this med helps a lot. I have heard others taking lidocaine cream helping. I am going to ask a compounding pharmacist if they treat RSD patients and if they have a compounding recipe for red, itchy skin. I hope you find something that helps. Do you have a compounding pharmacy in your area? We had a pharmacist come to our support group, and he was great. Take care and don't give up. Your friend to all, Loretta