Jeff, you definitely are NOT alone. This is a good place for support, ideas, and sometimes just to vent a bit.

I am in less pain in the AM. Pain is progressive for me through the day. So I schedule my day around my pain (which I'm sure many of us do!)

Pain is a difficult thing to understand. Very, very unique. Everybody perceives it differently. Heck, even many of the professionals I've dealt with are not too in tune with it. Some definitely though are better than others. Important to find professionals that have significant experience with pain and a little compassion to boot never hurts.

I've read a few books on pain (library is good source and gotta like the price) and while I find the dynamics of pain interesting, it is a bit depressing as that is what I've been spending my spare time reading!! But as they say "knowledge is power" and trying to understand every aspect of CRPS is helpful in and by itself.

Hope you are having a better day today Jeff.