Your head must be spinning huh Miriam! You're getting an avalanche of info here !! Some goes wayyyy over my head.... but i hope you are able to comprehend better than i.
I'm so frustrated! I had typed you a nice long post day before yesterday and somehow lost it ! grrrr Now i can't seem to 're-elaborate'....
Something to do with asking you if you can think of anything ANYTHING that could have triggered your pain back in Feb. Any kind of injury or insult to any part of your body. Reason i ask is cuz my ordeal started suspiciously after i had fractured my hand (kicked by horse). The hand healed fine, but the burning bilateral knee/leg pain started when i was trying to make a comeback and i had joined a gym and was walking 100 miles/month on treadmill. Well, stupid me. Looking back, it's plain to see that i got too ambitious and overdid what my aging body was capable of handling. Neuropathy set in bigtime.
I've since found out that alot of these burning pain symptoms can set in as 'referred pain' from an injury (or even something as small as getting a vaccination shot) because the central nervous system reacts (the 'fight-or-flight' thing) and goes into overdrive and nerves start misfiring everywhere......this may fall under the catagory of RSD more tho......I've been told i have both.....
Just try to think of anything that might have happened back in February (is that when you started on that new medication?
Anyway, you've been getting asked lots of questions - not that you have to answer them all - just ask yourself the Q's and be a detective

But yet i DO understand that when the depression cloud has you bogged down, it's hard to get the strength or ambition to even TRY......maybe just try and line up your issues in a single-file line and try dealing with them one at a time....which comes first - the chicken or the egg? That's exactly how pain and depression are.....bleah.

If you can at least get something to help you not feel like a pendulum ....something that keeps you evened out emotionally (more pills?! )
then you'll be able to deal with a battle plan with your armor on straight.
Mucle relaxer or Xanax is an instant bang for your buck, if you're afraid of committing to an anti-depressant just yet.... Find out from doc which is ok to crush up and use. Makes perfect sense - you are all tensed up physically and emotionally because of the pain.
Anyway, gotta go.....
You've started a heck of a good thread here and you're getting so much good advice....everyone is really pullin for ya and that is so
fantastic!
As always,
Rae