@susiequeue, I agree with @colleenyoung. Your rheumatologist knows you the best and if it were me I might have a discussion with my rheumatologist and ask some "what if" questions. My rheumatologist was very helpful when I was tapering and provided many suggestions, some I tried and some I didn't. I know it's disappointing after making so much progress on the tapering so one of my what if questions would be how about if I try to see if going to 5 mg provides pain relief before jumping to a higher level. My rheumy always told me to listen to my body and that's kind of what you want to do.

Good luck on whatever you try!