To December and Lost,
I'm so sorry you are dealing with this monster, raising children, losing your wife especially. You are overwhelmed with grief. Depression is a big part of RSD. It affects the Limbic of your brain that controls emotions like depression. My Dr. has me on double strength anti-depressants which also work on lowering pain. I have full body RSD. The anti-seizure drug Lyrica has helped me lower my pain meds by a third..I found I just couldn't adjust to RSD so found a wonderful Dr. neurologist, pharmacologist, and Pschiatrist. I just needed my head adjusted to go thru the grieving process. I had always been such sports enthusiatrist. water skiing, snow skiing, tennis( lots of tennis working out at a club, swimming, 10k's, I've had this 12-14 years gained weight with all the drugs. So now, I've got my emotions more under control and looking at my life in a positive way and goals for health care, asking about others, doing what I can to encourage others. Be positive, Using music to life my spirits.Ii miss the sports so much,,,,but reading more ,
using the internet to encourage others and the phone. On the spine
stimulater, I've read a lot and I'd encourage you to do the same, on past information on the forums. This one and the brain communities. You might want to start a thread and ask others about their successes or problems.
We have a neurological center here in Phoenix-Barrows.We have a support group that meets monthly. That has been wonderful. Finding a local friend that also suffers from RSD can be good if positive. I Wish you peace and
the gift of knowledge you can gain from this forum and others. Sincerely,
Loretta Jewell