Should I look for another lawyer?

If you do not have a mutual respect and confidence in your lawyer, then you should find someone else. I certainly can tell you nothing about your case, because I do not have the actual file in front of me. If you cannot get your present lawyer to explain everything to you so that you understand it, then you must move on.

You only have one body; take care of it. If you are in pain, see the doc. It'll help your body and your case.

If you are having pain see a doctor- no ethical lawyer is going to practice medicine.

Certainly you are able to hire and fire your lawyer as you would any other person/company that provides a service to you. If you decide you no longer have confidence in your lawyer and/or your lawyer intimidates you/refuses to treat you with respect, then it is likely time for a new attorney; however, it is not necessarily easy to find a new lawyer if your case is in it's latter stages and/or your case has any "problems" with liability and/or damages. So rather than burn a bridge, you may be best served by advising your attorney of your ongoing problems which have gotten worse/flared up which then sent you back to your doctor. As you say your attorney has wanted you to seek medical intervention, and you now are, he may actually be receptive (vs. being mad) in that you have taken his advice. Any reasonable lawyer is always willing to listen to the clients current situation, analyze same and then give his/her best advice on how to proceed with the matter.

Follow your lawyers adv ice or hire another and take his advice. if he tells you to see a dr as long as you have real hurt, do what he says. you want to call all the shots and complain about your lawyer,. maybe he is the one who ought to complain since you are not following his advice.

You need to have reached maximum improvement in your condition before you consider settling. Reading between the lines, it sounds like you may have reached that point and settlement discussions have begun. I am further guessing that you have some permanent condition which flares up from time to time, but you just are not going to get any better. That should be taken into consideration as part of settlement discussions. The fact settlement discussions have begun should have nothing to do with whether you go back to the Dr. If you are having problems with pain, the person to talk to first is your Dr., not your lawyer, although your lawyer will need to know if your Dr feels anything in your condition has changed. Good luck.

You should follow the advice of you present lawyer until he is replaced - which includes continuing to go to the doctor. If there are no proofs of continuing issues and pain he, nor anyone else, can collect for you. If you want a second opinion, the go, and expect to pay, to get one.

Changing lawyers isn't going to accomplish anything. If your doctor previously released you from treatment for the injuries suffered in this accident, unless and until you see a doctor for your current pain, and that doctor agrees that the pain you are experiencing now is related to the injuries suffered in this accident, there is nothing any lawyer can do to convince an opposing insurance company that your current pain is related to this accident.