I just went thru the exact same thing with MY husband. For a year, I cried about the side effects, the dents, the dry eyes, and so on. I said I wanted to quit. When I spoke it out loud to the MD they told me about how serious it was to go without, and the conversation led to talk of how disabled I could become, and it scared my DH. He had visions of me being in a w/c in a year. They also told him that going off the meds put me at a much greater risk for a big flare, and I should be prepared for that.

After a year of showing him side effects, pointing out literature, and showing him that I am not making this choice based on an emotion, but rather solid hard evidence, and research, he finally agreed to look at what I was saying. I pulled out the package insert and showed him that almost every sx that was listed as a side effect has plagued me.

While we were tangled in it I agreed to not stop it while we researched it, and figured it out, but come my b/d last week I had reached the point of "with me or not, I am stopping."

I am NOT reccomending you follow my footsteps, I just wanted you to know how much I understand where you are coming from.