It will get better when you learn your triggers and can avoid them. You need to learn not to think about the pain. It helps tremendously when you get on the right cocktail of medications. Hang in there because it will take time. Learn to do things with your time and try to be useful. There is life with RSD and you can find it.

Each case is different. With me pain doesn't seem to be as big a problem as the fear of the pain. It is knowing that there's probably no way out. I think everyone here understands pain and know how you're suffering. I can't type what IO can't see.

Accepting it was a big part of dealing with it for me and it took years. At first I minimized it and then I denied it. It's just a little easier to ignore the pain when you accept the condition. This doresn't mean to agree with it or accept that it can't go away. You need to fight it to have control.