Question about stopping MTX…

This is my situation is a nutshell: finally received diagnosis of RA in December 2024, hesitantly started MTX and after a month or two I felt extreme relief from my joint pain, routine lab work showed my liver wasn’t handling MTX well at all and had to stop… that’s where I’m at now. It’s been three weeks without treatment of any kind, not even Prednisone or Ibuprofen.

My question is: why did the joint pain not return the longer I went without the medication? It’s as if I don’t have RA at all anymore. Why would I suffer for so long (and I mean debilitating pain) and now I’m not suffering at all? Maybe there’s a reason for it, but I’m baffled.