Guys I recommend Glucosamine Chrondroitin... you can get it at wal-mart and it's fairly cheap. It's a natural supplement and in a
couple of days all of my hand and wrist pains were gone (no need to take a break). As far as the picking goes you've gotta follow
some sort of practice routine. There's nothing wrong with PB's picking exercises and they're very effective... Try to play them in
time for intervals of 1 - 5 minutes a day and eventually you'll be able to play as fast as you can for as long as you want.