[hollyk24]

I'm curious, one of my doctors keeps telling me he wants me off all my meds to get a new baseline of my pain. Now, I just got to a point where I feel the slightest bit comfortable and stable with my meds last month. This doctor does not prescribe my meds, only does the physical rehab part of things, and my pain doctor has never mentioned taking me off all of my meds before.

Has anyone else done this before? It seems like unneedless torture to me. I could see if I was improving or having less pain or something that reducing or eliminating meds would be appropriate, but when my pain is not improving, it doesn't make sense to me. Am I missing something here? None of my meds are ones that can just be stopped, so it would be a long painful process that I don't see any benefit for me in. And this doctor isn't just talking pain meds, he wants me off all meds, period. It just seems odd to me, when I'm telling him things are getting worse, spreading to more parts of my body, that he would want to put me through that just to get a new baseline of my pain.