First off...I want to say that I am very, very sorry to hear about everything that you have gone through. RSD is never an "easy" thing to deal with but to do so without the support of friends and family makes it even harder.

Second...I am very glad that you found neurotalk. There are so many wonderful people here and we all understand what it is like to live with this monster. We all have different experiences...but at the same time they are all the same in that we all can relate to the major effects that this beast has on our lives. I don't know what I would have done if I had not found this site shortly after I was first diagnosed.

I am terribly sorry to hear that you feel like you don't have any more options. I don't know the details of everything that you have tried but I would imagine that in 9 years it feels like you have tried everything. Or is it just that you have tried everything that you can afford? Either way...just remember that there are always new things coming out, new treatments to try, and I always look at it like there is no cure for RSD...YET.

That said...this site is an excellent resource to find out things that people do to make it through each day...many of which cost very little. Sometimes those little tricks and treatments can be the difference between surviving this condition and LIVING with it. Don't get me wrong...I have yet to find anything that made a HUGE difference in the pain besides physical therapy and tDCS...but I have found that if you can find a bunch of things that help the pain a little that this can make a big difference.

So feel free to ask questions, vent, think out loud (so to speak) and just share with us here. You can always PM me if you want to talk but I think you will be surprised at just how helpful and supportive the people on this forum can be. You are not alone...we are all here for you.