Hi Mell, You have found a great group of caring and understanding people here. I think at times they have probably saved my life. What a way to meet people though, with the common factor being RSD. I just had my SCS trial in Dec. and I am scheduled for permanent implant of Jan 25. I had great success with the trial, and hope you do to. I think that it probably cut my pain by about 50% and I did not have to wear my wrist brace at all. I was also able to cut down on my pain meds for a week, and that was great! It sounds to me like you have a really good doctor who is understanding of what you are enduring. You may feel like you have nothing to complain about, but you need to ave a good support system behind you. You are right about the pain causing depression, I have struggled with the depression and RSD for about 8 years but only was diagnosed with the RSD about 3 years ago. At that time I had already had 8 surgeries and numerous injections into the wrist joint. Since then I have been on a high cocktail of medication and had several nerve block injections. The SCS trial has been the only thing that has really made a dent in my pain. I really wish you success with your trial. Lisa