Katie,
I'm sorry i don't know about WC but am dealing with S.S. disability.
I know how you feel. I'm older at 54 but have worked all my life except
for maternity leaves. I LOVED MY JOB (REALLY)!

If anyone would have told me I'd be in this frustrating place I'd never believe it.
Yes, I was dx'd w/ no doubt by 3 Dr.s & was then treated so badly
by S.S. Dr. I had to be seen by. He was so arrogant but clearly had no clue.

So, yes I'm further down this road, but it's not over.
I was so very aggressive in the beginning to "beat this" quickly & move on.
Some progress came, but then had to come to grips (bad pun) that it's not going away. GRIEVING over my job. Now feeling lost.

Try to not let the comp ins system get to you, it how they operate..
The tricky part is proving that the CRPS happened due to the initial work injury.

The IME/WC docs are more or less paid by the work comp insurers so they aren't truly impartial.


We have a workers comp forum, it isn't real active but still has past posts to search & the useful sticky threads to look thru..
http://neurotalk.psychcentral.com/forum30.html

If you still talk with co workers /bosses or HR.. (from sticky thread )
[My advice that I wish I could go back and do over - Do not tell your supervisor\manager ANYTHING concerning your injurie(s). Only provide work notes from doctor that is it!!!! I actually thought the questions my manager kept asking me were out of concern.
&
HR departments are nothing more that mouth pieces for the corporation they serve]

http://neurotalk.psychcentral.com/thread124924.html