I have CRPS, the cold hand type. I do not have burning pain, but pain that feels like a bolt is being stabbed through my wrist by the top wrist bone. When it swells, it is hard to move and is achy most of the time. When I get flare ups, the swelling feels like my circulation is cut off and the above pain is 10 times worse. Sometimes the pain encompasses the whole top of my hand, both sides of my wrist, up my arm and sometimes makes my neck and back ache. Nothing gets rid of the pain. It can last for days off and on during the day and sometimes at night. Gabapentin helps with the everyday pain and the nerve pain, but does not help with the flare ups and achy pain. The mementine also helps with the everyday pain but not the achy pain during the flare ups. I am allergic to antidepressants. I am allergic to lidocaine too. Does anyone have any ideas that worked for them? I am going to go to a pain psychologist, but I don't think that will get rid of this pain. I don't know what to do next. I am in the beginning stages, so I know it can be a lot worse. It is hard to imagine, but I know it can be worse.
I have other medical issues in addition to the CRPS in my wrist. I get confused on which one is causing the pain. The CRPS or the medical issues? Since the medication doesn't help with the flare ups, then is it the other medical issues causing the pain?