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Old 05-22-2011, 12:11 AM
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Originally Posted by maus View Post
hi, everybody, hope you are having a good day since the end of the world did not come as promised. i am new here, so maybe somebody could answer this question- I had a severed sensory radial nerve branch 6 months ago and apart from the pain in the arm developed the systemic symptoms of shortness of breath on the affected side, increased heart rate and palpitations, lack of facial mimicking on the right side, basically if anyone had done yoga, it is like the energy is not moving through the right side. the right arm gets tired really quickly but now the right leg is doing the same, so i cannot stand on it for too long etc. so, the question is if this sounds familiar to anybody and maybe what should i expect, since my md says none of this makes sense. also, how do you cope with insomnia. i will be really grateful to any answer, thank you and wish you liberation from all suffering. paul
Hi Paul,

MD's mostly never see RSD unless they are sorryass surgeons or pain management docs. I guarandamntee 98% wouldn't know an RSD patient if it bit them on their south side, let alone what to do with one.

And sorry, sucks to get no sleep. I hear ya. Everyone will have something different to say and I will only relate my personal remedy which is 0.5 mg lorazepam at bedtime. Gets me through to 1 or 2 in the morning. On rare occasion I get to toss and turn until 5 am! Whee! I'll take it.

Oh, Lot's of coffee in the daytime (heard it lately also promotes a 60% decreased chance for prostate cancer too).
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