I read up a little on the metabolic neuropathy. It is usually caused by other medical problems and it does cause pain.

What I wanted to say though is, that it is possible to have all of these. RSD and Fibro come hand in hand quite often. Fibro and Cronic Fatigue Syndrome go hand in hand quite often. It's possible that you have all you have been diagnosed with and each Dr. you have seen only knows how to deal with what they have diagnosed you with and don't know about the other things enough to confirm them. A Rhemotolgist diagnosed my Fibro, a Hand surgeon confirmed it and the RSD, TOS and some of my other problems. Each Dr. seems to know about only certain things.

Those Nerve conduction studies donot show much of anything. I have had 3 and they didn't show anything. I was being checked at the time for TOS. It almost never shows up on the NCS's but as I said a lot of people get no results from the studies.

If the pain Dr. is good, stick with him and let him keep you on meds, do blocks or what ever he thinks needs to be done for the RSD. He should be able to help with the PN also.

When you are dealing with different medical issues, you usually have to see different Drs. for each of them anyway.

Believe me, you are not an idiot. It is possible to have all of these things.

Ada