Does RSD "Burn itself out"?

Dubious · 01-16-2010, 01:20 AM

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Originally Posted by Lynns409

I think I'd be pegged a bit of a nut no matter what era I was in! The thing I always wonder about it having epilepsy in another age- having seizures that are totally misunderstood and being labeled a witch. It's interesting how these things happen.

If you are interested in phantom pain, I would recommend looking up the work of V.S. Ramachandran- I had the pleasure of taking a class from him at UCSD, and he's done some really cool work on this. There's a clip from NOVA that's really a good watch. He does this "mirror therapy" on people who have phantom pain, and it seems to work really nicely. Magically almost. It makes me wonder sometimes if we focus on the limbs that do work if it will convince our brains to make our affected limbs to be less painful. (That sounds so simplistic, but that is what mirror therapy breaks down to... and no, no implication that this means anyone is crazy!) But at the end of the day, it all really is in our brains- I mean, that's where everything is!

Thank you for this though provoking subject and discussion!

Lynn

Don't flame me on this but while there does seem to be a prevelance towards the northern european gene-thing, I think it is important to remember that there is a greater gender predisposition (3:1) towards women and in almost all cases, there is a history of anywhere from minor to significant trauma, of varying types. I read the late 1800's work of the physician who wrote of causalgia and his book dealt almost exclusively with trauma cases. All of the other loose associations like immune issuse and ACE inhibitors are interesting to say the least, but not proven!

bobber · 01-16-2010, 12:51 PM

As I was scanning the internet months ago, I came across alot of articles refering that RSD was more prominent in the white race , Then it stairstepped down in each remaining race's[which i dont remember],,but as mentioned above,,,woman were more at risk of getting RSD than men,,,another issue mentioned was people who had nervous conditions[bipolar,anxiety,A.D.D }were alot more at risk,, That did make sense,since stress and anxiety with me cause's flares,spread,and pain,,,,what a vicious cycle,,because for some of us,,you get pain or flares with pain, and that makes us worry and stress more,,it also makes sense why they tell us no choclate,caffeine,and anti-depressants... And I as well ;have read that its the middle aged{I read mid forties] were at a higher risk.........

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