I was under a lot of stress when I developed RSD also. My ex-son-in-law was a SOB and my daughter was in the process of getting him out of her life and he was taking it out on me. I was also dealing with major depression from something that had come out of my past. Bill and I were trying to help raise our two grandson's and we were both sick at the time. Susan would go to work and her lazy husband would drop them off on us. At the time neither one of us was able to do it but we did it for the boys. They were just 2 and 3 at the time so it was hard. I ended up falling 10 times because of dizzy spells I was having from depression meds and meds for my back. I have often wondered about that. I was in such a bad way at the time, physically and mentally that I was so suicidal that my Dr. took over major care of me. I honestly didn't know wheather I was coming or going.

I have been taught meditation and listening to tapes to try and help me with the pain but it does very little for me. I tried every med out there and couldn't take any and was finally able to find Methadone that I could take.

I don't know if being stressed can cause this to happen but if I had not been in the shape I was in at the time I would not have ended up with the TOS and RSD.

It took years of councelling to pull myself back up to where I am at now and even now I'm not dealing too good with the depression but my stress has leveled out. As I said my Dr. taught me to meditate and he prayed with me many times to calm me down. I never was any good at handling stress. Bill took care of all of our stressful issues for the past 10 years or so. Now I hae to have the kids help me with them.

It would be interesting to see how many were dealing with really bad stress at the time of their injuries.

Welcome to our group.

Ada