It is a case of a few spoiling the whole barrel. It's 1 person out of 5 that turn into addicts, that means 4 out of 5 do not. I'm lucky my spine surgery went well and I was able to quit the narcotics. If I hadn't I'd be in the same place you are now cause I moved and they are very prejudiced against pain meds even though I never abused them. One of the first things my new PCP said was I don't take people on pain meds! Meaning even if I had a pain specilist all lined up he wouldn't accept me. Best of luck getting this resolved before you run out of meds. Maybe emphasis that besides the physical withdrawal the withdrawal can also trigger a mood episode.