Shay-
I agree having alternatives researched ahead of time or just familiarizing myself with options does make me feel more in control and more prepared for whatever changes. I was talking with someone I trust about RSD being without a cure and they named off diabetes, blood pressure, heart disease etc which also have no cure. It helped me gain some perspective after a difficult week.

Little paw mentioning research studies was great because I printed studies out for the foot doctors staff this summer, but never considered it for myself! 😊

For anyone reading this thread:
I did want to add about the gralise that the part I had the biggest problem with was that because it is time release I wouldn't know when I could get relief, couldn't plan when I'd be safe to drive or modify the dose if I was in less pain and didn't want as much in my system. So it felt like a roller coaster ride. Also, the change from 2700mg gaba to 300mg gralise (going up to I think 900 by the fourth day and staying at that for 4 days) left me really under medicated and the side effects from the rapid decrease were uncomfortable. I'd recommend a slower reduction of gaba if on a high dose and I did speed up the gralise faster than the starter pack which was very helpful.

And that's all from me now, thanks for reading a long post.