by me putting in that we can be perceived as drug seekers, and addicts, i was aiming to try to show the reader what we go through. it was meant as to teach and show outsiders what we go through and how we're viewed. i was in no way saying that we are them, but that we may be seen that way.

to try to give the reader a better understanding that not only do we have this ridiculous pain, but that it causes us to lose use of our limbs, that we have to change our lives, the emotional ups and downs we go through, the trial and errors we go through trying to find something that helps us manage our pain so that we can just stay sane, how outsiders think we're making it up and because we're having to take so many meds (not just narcotics cause if others see us taking pills they don't know what they are) that we pill poppers.

it is a college paper, and i am in no means a doctor or trying to be one in trying to explain what rsd is. it is coming from my perspective and trying to explain all aspects in words that everyone can understand.