My CRPS Conqueror Story
…committing suicide because the pain was unbearable and no one was listening. I suffered silently for years, as so many of us do, setting up systems and ways to protect…
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Medication Summary for Intractable Pain, CRPS/RSD
…20 years and 3 suicide attempts before seeing me, she has been pain free for about 4 years as I recall. A surgeon nicked her sciatic nerve when she was…
Read ArticleAs Parents, We Did Everything We Could
…was going to commit suicide. We put him in counseling even though he did not want to go. So now he is seven months into CRPS and we kept searching…
Read ArticleMagic Wand – Experiences Living with CRPS
…and devastating neurological condition which holds the unfortunate misnomer of “the suicide disease”, and is aptly described as “if hell were a medical condition” has gone on to impact every…
Read ArticleThe Club No One Wants - The CRPS Club
…to take matters into their own hands. Our suicide rate is very high. Even without that statistic, the severe complications of CRPS can shorten our lives exponentially. It is a…
Read ArticleA Patient's Experience Inside the Neurologic Relief Center in Fayetteville, AR
…be like with a suicide disease? Anna returned my call and did an excellent job answering my questions. She left me with a sense of hope that I hadn’t felt…
Read ArticleAdvocacy Update on S.2922/H.R.7164, The Advancing Research for Chronic Pain Act
…basis. Musculoskeletal pain is the leading cause of disability in the United States.Chronic pain has been linked to depression, anxiety, substance use and misuse, and double the risk of suicide….
Read ArticleFaces of Pain
…my body. I live with pain often beyond description. It is a very real disease often called the most painful disease known to man. It is also called the suicide…
Read ArticleCDC Issues Clarification of Guidelines for Prescribing Opioids for Chronic Pain
…According to Thomas Kline, MD, PhD, at least 40 individuals have died by suicide due to physician abandonment, being forcefully tapered without patient consent, and then being unable to find…
Read ArticleI’m a Young Male Adult and Although Disabled, I Don’t Look It
…“the suicide disease.” You want people to understand, however, you don’t necessarily want to tell someone you just met about a condition like this one. But at the same time, you want…
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