i hear ya....back in sept 2011 the burning was so bad, they told me ice it, after 2weeks it was worse, they said it was tendonitis, i was fitted with exos remolded braces, didnt help, elbow was fitted with a straight elbow compssion pull on wrap as well, didnt help. by jan i was given nerve conduction test, i screamed in pain, was then put on anti in flammatory meds, n flexeril, no nerve problem, in march finally diagnosed with crps, then gabapentin, a bone scan which was good, then tegretol, then weened from tegretol, increased gabapentin to 1800mg a day, added condine may 10th, now off them, i have lidocaine ointment and hydrocodone til pm dr sees me.....8months of this pain and they why i am mental unstable? go figure