I never thought I was "truly" depressed until the day I got relief from RSD when my first SCS was implanted. During the "honeymoon" period with my neurostimulator, people were commenting to me how great I looked! That I had so much life and vibrancy in my eyes; that I looked like my old self. Hearing that, I realized what I must've conveyed "in my eyes" for the past couple of years is someone who was me.

I was lucky to have enjoyed that period, to reconnect and get to be my old self for awhile. When the RSD pain started emerging through after about 6 weeks, it also attacked that new glow I so happily enjoyed.

To suggest that RSD and Depression don't go hand-in-hand is a total contradiction. When a disease is attacking your nervous system, creating excrutiating pain 24/7, and problems with mobility, relationships, employment, sleeping, etc, for any human being NOT to be depressed could only be possible from him/her being high on drugs.

Dr. S should be ashamed of himself for even suggesting the anyone with RSD would not be depressed as well!!!!