I developed RSD after an ankle sprain and ankle surgery in 2012.

Symptoms were 7-8 level baseline pain, shooting intermittent electrical shocks, high sensitivity to ridiculous things like sheets and ceiling fans, extreme sensitivity to cold, swollen purple leg from the knee down, profuse sweating, 5 degree temperature difference between limbs, insomnia (of course), and the inability to walk. And all kinds of weird nervous system symptoms, spreading to other body parts, heart palpitations, shaking hands, gastric reflux, random numbness, and twitching/muscle spasms.

It's been four years since then and my immune system is fortunate to have somehow made it through to the other side. Just wanted to put another success story out there to suggest that full recovery is a potential outcome.