I think a new doctor would probably be a good idea too. You hired your doctor to give you advice and it's your choice to take it or not take it. Either way the MDS gets paid. And eventually, you may have to take it. I resisted meds for 5 years and had quite a few of the conversations with my doctor you described. I screamed uncle this year and since last January I'm now up to 3-4 25/250 a day. The stress of work doesn't help any.

One another note, how is the medication treating you? Any relief? The only thing I've noticed is that if I eat immediately after taking the dose my stomach gets terribly frustrated with any thing I give to it.