After several years of dealing with RSD, my wife still has to tell the doctor that she does not want to do certain things and take certain meds. It disturbs me as her husband, who does not have RSD, that this happens because I'm afraid the doctor may dismiss her as a patient. My wife refuses to take certain meds that she says do not work because she is in a latter stage of the disease and that they will not work, cause her to gain lots of weight, makes her head feel funny. She has every right to reject them, I believe. She's been told to go to physical therapy where they've actually made her feel worse by putting her on excercise equipment. She's tried many of these things with no success and has no desire to beat a dead horse over again. What I don't quite understand is when her doctor refers to a third party their desire for her to do these things. I'm not sure who she is referring to but I get the feeling it's the insurance company whom I hate with a passion.