I agree with other posters here. Some pdocs are godawful and some are fantastic. It totally depends on the person you're seeing.

At the end of the day, you have 100% control on what you want to do. For example: don't like the meds your pdoc wants you on? You don't have to take them. Don't agree with your pdoc? You can always go back to your regular doc.

Just remember: A good pdoc always listens to what you have to say. If this new pdoc ignores you and does whatever he wants, then he's not worth your time. Pdocs who do whatever they want usually do more harm than good.

For what it's worth, I have a fairly good pdoc. He always listens to what I have to say. When I told him that gabapentin made me aggressive/hostile, he immediately pulled me off it. He didn't try to force it on me. That's an example of a good pdoc.