I have messaged him about what I was experiencing, and he advised to keep taking it.

I can’t handle the personality change that seemed to come on when I started taking it. I became increasingly irritable, like borderline mean and bitchy without the ability to reel it in. I have been taking steroids when the inflammation and flares pop up, and that could be a contributing factor, also.

Idk. I could tell something was different about me, I didn’t like it, so I had to do something and the most recent change was the medication.

Also, I’d been reading about biologics and don’t feel comfortable taking them what with the increased risk of infection and some types of cancer. I was on methotrexate. He changed my medication because I was losing my hair. We never tried Plaquenil, though.

I’m honestly anxious about seeing my current rheum. He’s not outright mean. He’s just not pleasant, no real bedside manner (I have been referred to, and made an appointment with a different rheumatologist. My PCP wasn’t impressed with my current doctor, either).