Baba222,
I am sorry to hear that you have problems with pain management, but am pleased you are addressing your Depression in some way. Is there anyone you can talk to about it as well as the meds?.
As for HBOT, I have never heard of it being used for pain related conditions, only sportspersons using it to try to speed up recovery from soft tissue damage, or the obvious decompression sickness. I did a quick search and found nothing, but came across a site, hbot.com, which has a FAQ page which lists all the uses covered by US Insurance Companies.
I hope you find something more soon,

Dave.

Hi baba,

I've tried sensory desensitisation with an OT no luck but way down the track (17 yrs) when the pain had certainly become centralised in my brain. The links you've provided look interesting.

"The International Association for the Study of Pain" has a fact sheet which explains processess of Allodynia/hyperalgesia and medical tmts. under Neuropathic Pain. I've provided a link below:

http://iasp.files.cms-plus.com/AM/Im...peralgesia.pdf

Also re. your other post re.central sensitisation- it's not related to anxiety. As I understand it, it has to do with pathophysiological changes in the way the central and peripheral nervous system functions, following disease or trauma. Once sensitised, the nervous system responds to stimuli which were previously innocuous as painful (allodynia) eg touch, wind, noise and increases it's response to painful stimuli (hyperalgesia).

Hope some of this makes sense. So much jargon...

Booklover

So helpful booklover! I do not have any normal sensation, so cant try the desensitization now, as I am told from an OT in Canada.