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FAQ
Does RSD cause nausea? (also
depression, insomnia, etc?)
Firstly can I say how sad it is to
hear from people with nausea as well as pain - nausea is such an
unpleasant feeling - I think we can all empathise with that.
Chronic pain unfortunately does not come alone. Chronic pain
syndrome - which RSD falls into - classically brings a wealth
of other debilitating symptoms such as lethargy, anorexia (loss
of appetite), insomnia (sleep disturbance), headaches, reduced
immunity, nausea and (unsurprisingly) depression - and with RSD
you also have the symptoms of limb discoloration, swelling and
possible functional loss. All very nasty. Knowing this doesn't
particularly help apart from knowing that your symptoms are not
unexpected.
The problem is sorting out the wood from the trees. Many medications
have side effects - and a very common drug side effect is nausea.
Ironically drugs that are given to reduce nausea can in 'some'
instances make it worse. RSD patients are often on multiple drug
therapies.
