Just got home from my appointment with my new doctor. I like him and I already feel like he cares more than many of the others that I have seen in the past. Because I have already been off the medications since Saturday, he is taking me off 4 of them and adding another one in place of the Lyrica. The Lyrica seemed to be helping but he didn't like that I gained 20lbs on it so he's switching it to Neurontin...which supposedly has less side effects or causes side effects in less people or something like that. I don't have it yet as the pharmacy needs approval from work comp before they can fill that perscription. So...meanwhile...I'm still in pain. But this doc is sending me to a foot and ankle specialist and to get an MRI of my back just to make sure that there's nothing in my spine that is interfering with the nerves. He feels pretty confident that the CRPS diagnosis is correct...but just wants to make sure all the other bases are covered since I am a new patient for him. Then he wants to do a series of lumbar sympathetis blocks to see if those help (as opposed to the single one that I had almost a year ago). Not sure if they will help...but I'm willing to give anything a shot at this point. It's nice to have a doctor with a plan other than, "Just be normal." Fingers crossed that I will get the perscription today and will be at a more manageable pain level soon.