Hi Pacugirl,,your description of the awful feeling you have with the cool air is not unusual. As for me, I love the cold. Being that I live in a cold wether climate for 6 months every year, I have to say I prefer the cold to the hot weather as such we are experiencing now. But, I hate cold water and love hot water. I have been known to get the chills in my hottub at 102 degrees. The sympathetic nervous system keeps me guessing what I'm going to have at any given day. As for the limb that suffers from RSD/CRPS, it hates being exposed to anything like a blowing fan or a cool breeze during the night time. It feels like I will climb out of my skin. Now here is the weird part, we are not suppose to expose our skin to cold packs, ice cubes, or anything that cause the nerves to light up like a switchboard at a radio contest. Now having said that, I actually get a smalll amount of relief when my pain level is high and setting off a trigger point that causes migranes and nausea, when I stuff my foot into snow for about 1 minute. It instantly kills the pain and I get no chills from it. Go figure. It comes to the point when you'll try anything to kill the pain when meds and devices don't work. I think most people experience that same reaction as you do just in different levels.
For me, the meds also cause the chills then the hot flashes off and on sometimes for 2 or more days. My electric bill will prove that!
Keep your head up high and deal with the annoying symptoms as best you can. I hope you have a pain free day/night. Good luck..mellowguy