# I just got switched to Humira after 8 years on embrel & I'm worried my doctor doesn't understand as bad as my Psoriasis is my arthritis is 10x more painful and flaring

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**Created:** [November 3, 2014, 3:35pm UTC](https://discussion.livingwithpsoriaticarthritis.org/t/i-just-got-switched-to-humira-after-8-years-on-embrel-im-worried-my-doctor-doesnt-understand-as-bad-as-my-psoriasis-is-my-arthritis-is-10x-more-painful-and-flaring/3784 "2014-11-03T15:35:15Z")\
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**Author:** ![John\_Mac](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/discussion.livingwithpsoriaticarthritis.org/john_mac/32/853_2.png) [@John\_Mac](https://discussion.livingwithpsoriaticarthritis.org/u/John_Mac)\
**Post date:** [November 3, 2014, 3:35pm UTC](https://discussion.livingwithpsoriaticarthritis.org/t/i-just-got-switched-to-humira-after-8-years-on-embrel-im-worried-my-doctor-doesnt-understand-as-bad-as-my-psoriasis-is-my-arthritis-is-10x-more-painful-and-flaring/3784/1 "2014-11-03T15:35:15Z")

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who has had a positive change to Humria?

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**Author:** ![janeatiu](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/discussion.livingwithpsoriaticarthritis.org/janeatiu/32/3886_2.png) [@janeatiu](https://discussion.livingwithpsoriaticarthritis.org/u/janeatiu)\
**Post date:** [November 3, 2014, 3:41pm UTC](https://discussion.livingwithpsoriaticarthritis.org/t/i-just-got-switched-to-humira-after-8-years-on-embrel-im-worried-my-doctor-doesnt-understand-as-bad-as-my-psoriasis-is-my-arthritis-is-10x-more-painful-and-flaring/3784/2 "2014-11-03T15:41:35Z")

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Hi John Mac,

i was on Enbrel for over a year and it stopped working for me. I was off biologics and living on DMARDs for a few months in a big flare before starting Humira. Because my disease was pretty uncontrolled when I started it it seemed like a slow burn to me and took several months before I saw much progress. While my health isn't perfect now, a year after starting Humira, I'm no longer depressed, fatigued beyond compare and my joints move freely. I still have some minor inflammation in a few small joints but it is bearable. I also exercise regularly, including running thirty minutes at least twice a week. This time last year I was just starting Humira and my doctor prescribed aqua therapy for me because I was so stiff and my hips were inflamed so badly that I could hardly walk.

So, I think that's a check mark in the positive change to Humira column!