I developed RA in 2001 after severe psychological stress. I tried hydroxychloroquine for a year and it did nothing. I was also taking 10 mg of prednisone which helped a little. Then I was put on methotrexate and it helped. I asked permission to quit that med and was told I could but to return if I started having symptoms. Then my rheumatologist died. I was in Montana at the time and the closest rheumatologist was about 90 miles away. I took nothing for many years. Recently, I was sent to a rheumatologist (I'm in Duluth) because I had a very high sed rate but a normal CRP. I took methotrexate for a month and then COVID-19 started up and I decided I didn't want to go through a pandemic with a depressed immune system. I told my rheumatologist that I'd be back after the COVID-19 cooled down. Now I am thinking that I'll wait for a vaccine, take that, and return to my Dr. It was not the RA pain that was bothering me; it was the high inflammation marker. I am not stiff in the AM. I have had the knuckles on my right hand replaced since I couldn't fully open it.