... I use a heating pad all the time.. even when I don't have my period.. I can't fall asleep if I don't have one on my hands and feet. Its just the kind you pop in the microwave. When I menstrate. Iam the same way.. My feet are so swelled up I can't even put my shoes on.. ... (15 replies)

... i too have some severe spasticity from my spinal cord injury and the SNS damage from that too that triggered my RSD ,but what you just described is way beyond the "norm' for mere spasm. ... (3 replies)

... I thought that thoses types of pains were less noticeable. Right before I started the gabapentin I was getting them REALLY bad but I thought it was just a come and gone type thing. ... (38 replies)

... With my uterus the CRPS causes 'severe' cramping before and during menstration. If its not that one month its the lining dropping out intact where it would spread in pieces during this time. ... (14 replies)

... The owner of the shop that I work for under the table went on vacation, so I was working 35 hours a week. Nearly killed me and my RSD went into overdrive. All I did was eat and sleep and pop extra meds. She got back Tuesday the 22nd, with some sad news. ... (12 replies)