Renee PP

I was diagnosed with RSD from trying to help someone walking their dog. This person and the dog they were walking was being attacked by another dog (loose) and was jumping at the guy walking the dog. I ran out to help, we both kicked this dog off of his dog, when to other dogs came runningout of a house and one jumped on me and grabbed my left leg and tore through muscheles and left a gapping hole.

I went to my regular doc who tried creams, patches, etc... then referred me to Pain Management about 6 months later from the date of injury who tried multiple items and physical therapy. I am now trying a different pain clinic who are trying different meds as well, and nothing helps yet. Give it a try, just be very careful as it can make you very tired. Don't let my experience defer you from taking in. Unfortuantely I did not get any results from it, and I had trouble while driving for work while on it.

My treatment has been so delayed as well and it is frustrating! I also have issues of PTSD from this issue and had to hire an attorney to help to get the owner of the Dogs to take some responsability. I now see a counselor with the PTSD issue and on anti-depressants as well. I have had to call the pain clinic and the PTSD counselors just to get help with relieving some of the pain before going crazy.

Please remember regardless of how bad the pain is, there are people who care about you. There has got to be some relief, we can't all live like this anymore.... hang in there.

I actually take gabapentin for the fibro I suffer from because my rheumatologist prescribed it for that . it does hep the fibro but I m amazed how much it does 2 soothe the rsd . I take 600mg. 3times a day and I m definitely an advocate . if it doesn't agree with u , u can always discontinue it under your dr's.advice .. good luck to u .. I suffered 4 decades before getting any care . it is never 2 late to gain some relief .. warmly ,, starsunshine

I was diagnosed with RSDS 9 yrs ago from a work related injury. I'm also on the max dose of gabapentin. I'm also a retired nurse. I would recomend you keep a journal of your daily activities not just of your pain although that is important as RSDS causes varying types of pain at different times of day. But record the activities you're able to do & those you can't. Record any other things you feel that could either be related to the RSDS or side effects of medicine. It's a good idea to tell loved ones when you are starting a new medicine and ask them to let you know if you're behaving differently than you nornally do. That was how i found out i could not tolerate Lyrica. I even forgot my own name while on that medicine. If you don't already have an Rx for nausea i recomend you have one. RSDS unfortunatly notorious for causing nausea as well as many of the meds used to treat this horrible condition. It takes time to learn to adapt and live with a condition that can change from one hour to the next. Don't be hard on yourself and be sure to take a good multi-vitamin with calcium and vitamin D. Be sure to check with your doctor as to which is the best one for you.