What's happening to you in general is not unusual in any way for someone who has just been diagnosed with CRPS or has the signs and symptoms, but is awaiting a diagnosis.
That is to say, you feel like this is a hair-on-fire situation because things are getting worse instead of better over time, your pain etc. is interfering in your ability to function out there in the world, your friends and family try to understand, but most if not all get frustrated because they have a hard time wrapping their brains around the fact that it's been so long since your original injury and yet you are still in severe pain.
When I was a work comp nurse case manager, one of my patients with CRPS put it this way: "My family used to be sympathetic. Then they got impatient. Now it seems like most of them don't even want to talk about it anymore".
I bet along about now you're noticing that emotional upset just makes your pain worse, and severe pain makes symptoms like anxiety and depression worse. That's just CRPS for you.
And it's unfortunate but pretty classic that until you get in to see the pain specialist, nobody wants to do nada in the way of medicating you for pain. CRPS is kind of the medical equivalent of that kid's game, Hot Potato; a lot of physicians and other healthcare practitioners just pass the buck, er, potato...
I can give you a list of things that I have found helpful, and I'm sure others on the forum will put in their 2 cents' worth as well. I'm not a doctor, just a nurse, so this isn't like doctor's orders, just more or less a laundry list of stuff that is pretty cheap and unless you have an allergy or sensitivity to it, also pretty harmless.
First off, I have to tell you that at this point in your illness, what the pain doc is going to be concentrating on is managing your pain for maximum function and quality of life. He can't "fix" what's wrong, but he can probably help you to be more comfortable. If you had to get CRPS in the scheme of things, now is not a terrible time to do it, at least compared to any previous time in history because there is an amazing amount of research being done on CRPS and related conditions like Fibromyalgia and other neuropathic pain conditions that all pretty much affect the nervous system in the same dysfunctional ways.
You will be hearing a lot more about treating CRPS with stuff like IVIg (look it up), prednisone, and other drugs that don't directly relieve pain but instead, act on inflammation and the body's own dysfunctional immune response.
But down to brass tacks, here in the now:
In terms of prescription drugs, all other things being equal, I would advise you not to start taking narcotics if you can possibly avoid them, because there is the dependency/addiction/abuse angle with these meds and it's getting harder and harder to find prescribers because of the tightening of regulations around this class of drugs.
Also, narcotics are not typically that effective for neuropathic (that distinct burning) pain.
Neurontin(gabapentin) is an older, off-patent drug (read: Cheap) medication that treats the pain of neuropathy better than most other pain medications do. You need a prescription (you could call your primary doc and ask him/her about trialing this med), but if you print up an online coupon from one of those discount pharmacy places, it's less than 20 dollars per month. Sounds like you are still working, good for you! But if you are also still driving, gabapentin can make you dizzy, especially when you first start taking it, so once again, talk to your doctor.
Believe it or not, there are a lot of over the counter (OTC) medications that some CRPS patients find to be in the range of really helpful, all the way down to not so much. I think it's going to turn out to be that the folks that have the worst inflammation respond better to much of this stuff. You'll recognize the names because we commonly use these things to treat the symptoms of colds and flu infections, and allergies:
Benadryl (diphenhydramine). Cheap as dirt, has the side effect of making you drowsy, so great at bedtime but not so much if you need to be awake/alert. Helps to reduce inflammation by targeting histamines, the chemical signals your body puts out when it's under attack by allergens, etc.. Histamines make your tissues turn red and swell up; including your sinuses and some of your internal organs as well. If you can reduce inflammation, you reduce pain too; just not directly...more like, thru the back door 
Pepcid and Claritin are in the same drug class as Benadryl, and work to reduce inflammation and therefore, pain, in the same way. There are lots of knock-off brands of these medications called histamine blockers, that are much cheaper than the brand names. One thing to watch: If you are buying any medication that is being marketed for cold and flu symptoms, beware of anything that says "non-drowsy". It's not unusual for OTC cold and flu products to contain 2 or more medications in combo, with one of them being something like ephedrine, or any other med that ends in -rine. CRPS need those meds like a hole in the head; instead of making you drowsy or just being neutral in that way, non-drowsy meds can hop you up; make your heart beat faster, because they rev up your body's "fight or flight" response, and we already have that in spades anyhow!
Vitamin C. Find one that's sugar-free, and hopefully time-release. Around here there's a brand called Ester C, but you may need to do a bit of detective work or ask a pharmacist. I take 3-4 thousand milligrams a day, because there are medical journal articles that say vitamin C helps to reduce inflammation and boost immune response. I do notice a difference in how I feel if I forget to take it on a given day, too, for what that's worth.
I have found that the OTC product that is the generic for Mucinex is really helpful in several ways. It has 30 mg Dextromethorphan and 600 mg Guaifenesin, the ingredients you often see in cough and cold meds. I take the tablets because there's no sugar, corn syrup or artificial colors in there; the liquids are usually pretty loaded with additives that no CRPS sufferer needs to put into the mix. Anyhow, the Dextromethorphan is a mild pain reliever; by itself it wouldn't be adequate to treat neuropathic pain, but if you are taking gabapentin or even just OTC pain relievers like Motrin or Aleve (as long as no allergy to these, and once again, check out all this stuff with your doctor's office; just give them a call and run it by them), the dextromethorphan takes an additional edge off your discomfort. The guaifenesin stimulates your "rest and regenerate" nervous system, which CRPS sufferers can definitely use. It is typically used as an expectorant, meaning helps you cough up gak when you have a cold or the flu, but we can take advantage of the rest and regenerate side effect. It helps to drink at least 8 fluid oz water or another non-caffeinated beverage with this med, because otherwise it will dry out your mouth and tongue, and sort of coat them with a layer of gakky stuff over time.
Some of us also need to medicate for either diarrhea or constipation at times, and there are various OTC products for this as well, ofcourse.
If you have problems with muscle cramps, OTC magnesium and calcium are cheap as dirt, and can really help with this. Just remember to take calcium with a food or beverage that has protein and is a bit acidic (yogurt works well, or a salad with vineagar and oil and some kind of protein like chicken or cheese, egg, etc.) for best absorption by your digestive system.
Just a note on Tylenol: Some CRPSers take this on occasion; I have, a few times myself. But Tylenol has some problems: It doesn't relieve inflammation the way Aleve and Motrin do, and there is some pretty good evidence in the medical journals that taking more than 3000mg per day can permanently damage your liver. But the sneakiest thing about Tylenol is that it is often in combo with other cold and flu medications in both liquid and tablet forms, so read, read, read those labels. It's a huge thing that people don't even know they're taking all this Tylenol, they think they're just treating their cough or congestion or what-have-you.
Hope some of this helps. You need to do a little detective work, because the best advocate in your pain management and treatment plan overall, is ALWAYS you; for pain patients in general, there is this dance we all do, where we want to control symptoms as much as possible, but there's this fine line where if we take more pain meds, they really interfere with our functioning in daily life (AKA: The stuff that makes life worth living). And that line is in a different place for each one of us, for a thousand different reasons; and as time goes by, the line actually changes for any given one of us as well.
I, for instance, often choose to experience pain at up to a 6-7 on 10-scale for a couple hours each day, just so I can cook. I like to cook and bake; it's a creative outlet for me. Afterward, I take a gabapentin and a dextromethorphan tablet, and I crash in my dark bedroom for a couple hours, feeling like I accomplished something that enriches my life, and my husband's and neighbors/family member's lives... As they are all cookie and cake hounds. For somebody else, this might not be a good balance, but it works for me.
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