Did you see a doc as soon as you first started experiencing wrist pain? Or only after the RSD set in? Was the original injury ever determined?

I hope nothing I wrote implied you would not/should not apply for state disability if the need arose. I made the assumption that you would... But, I should know better!

Maybe your doc could write you out for just a few days, so you could see an attorney and then get back in to see the doc later in the week? Living paycheck to paycheck in your situation can't be easy, but if you don't go into remission (and many of us unfortunately never do) you're going to struggle financially if you don't utilize all your available resources, and even then it's still not easy.

It was always clear my issues started with a work injury, but my employer wanted to pay for my first appointment out of pocket and none of the docs' offices I attempted to make appointments with would allow it, due to issues of liability, before I filed a WC claim.