I feel your pain, it's scary when you're blind-sided by how deep of a pit you're in. When you realize you're probably in worse shape than the guy on the corner hustling to buy a rock, and you got it from the lady you trust your child's healthcare to. I don't know if it's a willful ignorance, or if many doctors live healthy lives and have no concept of how scarily painful withdrawal is. I can't tell you how many times I've heard it's like having the flu. If people are having flu like that, then it's amazing more people don't die every winter.