This doctor does not have your best interest at heart. Its the insurance company's best interest at heart here. When WC is involved its always a hassle for the patient most times, especially when a chronic condition is involved.

Suddenly the doctors get stupid. I've seen this behavior with my own eyes pertaining to my wife who has RSD. Example, doctor is clueless to your condition----his next patient who has RSD is covered by BC/BS PPO, here in the doctor does everything to treat the patient and their concerns. Next patient has HMO coverage, and RSD----again, clueless with the patient.

As Helpless stated, start looking at hiring an attorney.

I was treated very poorly by a WC doctor several years ago when I had a knee injury. I had fallen at work and landed on my knee on a concrete floor, the MRI didn't show anything conclusive, but I was in so much pain I could barely walk enough to go grocery shopping. The doctor came in after the MRI and said to me that I must just be being too sensitive about it, there's nothing wrong, and to get over it. I discovered after that that in my state the law forces WC to allow me one change of doctor at my own request, they'll give a few suggestions and I would pick one. One of the suggestions on the list was a doctor from the clinics that are most widely accepted as the best in the valley here and I sprung on him. A laproscopic surgery to find that there was some bone damage and clean it up and a few weeks later and I was pain free.

Anyway, my point is that I think that the WC doctors that everyone gets sent to first are intentionally dense, insensitive, uncaring, unfeeling pricks. I would find out if you are allowed a change of doctors and do so, even if there are hoops to jump through and it will take time. In the meantime, if they're paying for it and it's non-invasive I see no reason not to let them pay for a completely useless and inconclusive test. They're the ones that sent you to the moron doctor. I'd also go ahead and let your PCP treat you with meds, if he's knowledgeable and caring, in the meantime. There is no reason to suffer while waiting for a new doc.

Get your lawyer get a new dr start all over and get documented second opinions ,3,4,5 as many as you need until they found what's wrong, you don't need that crap ,sorry about the expression from a wc dr, get your own dr, make your lawyer work for you, not for the company ,demand your rights, if that lawyers is not helping you, get a new one , you need medical treatment , you deserve it, demand it, don't give up, try again, best wishes and my prayers are with you , from Jesika .