Dennis
even though the doc may have brushed you off with a comment about meditation, please take fmichael's thoughts on this to heart. He helped me a lot years ago with his recommendations. Pain meds have not helped me, but the book Mike recommended to me on meditation by Shinzen Young did. It taught me to not be afraid of the pain, to not be tense, to be able to relax during the worst spasms and what ever RSD threw at me. Mike has really studied this and knows what he is talking about... having been to Shinzen's retreats. I am a lousy meditator. And, it still helps me more than any medication has.
Jules