I gathered a lot of insight and i am still digesting the great feedback you have all provided. Thank you for taking the time to provide insight, opinion, and advise.

This is a great foundation to build from. I will be back later to provide an update as i know there is someone else out there who may relate.

Thanks again and thank you for welcoming me.

Everyone else here has already given a great amount of advise, and there is not much more that I can add. There appears to be something in the relationship that is bothering your wife and she might be afraid to bring it up with you. As mentioned before, counseling of some sort is a great idea, and as someone else has already mentioned, someone familiar with chronic pain, particularly CRPS would be preferred.

My husband and I have not been all that intimate lately as a result of being in pain from CRPS. He has been afraid that he might hurt me, and I have been worried about the same. It has recently caused a fight between the two of us, and until about two weeks ago, I did not know why. We are working through this on our own and trying to find ways that neither of us has to worry about the CRPS being in the way.

I consider intimacy a very important part of a marriage. If there is no intimacy, there is most likely some kind of problem standing in the way. I hope the two of you are able to figure out what that might be.

#1 Some meds dull the pleasure senses as well as dulling the pain signals... so that should be looked into as mentioned by others, maybe a better mix of meds will change things.

#2 Exercise is good , but I do think it sounds like going overboard on it..denial of the condition? Sometimes things can compound into spreading which is a possibility..

# 3 All the exercise & activities is her "outlet"?? ( a convo for you and her)

I would look into a better combo of meds first..

This point right here is very relevant with the kind of drugs that we as CRPS patients take. In light of what the Original Poster stated, his wife may indeed be on some drugs that are hindering things. Thanks to you for posting this! I bet it is extremely helpful to the person who began this thread.

Lyrica had the unfortunate side effect of making orgasm impossible. I thought I might add this in support of what was stated above.~mac

Good Ol' Lyrica, a whole host of harsh side effects!