I'm a natural medicine convert, and have been accused of munchhausens several times. Doctors call the authorities on me pretty regularly because I won't CONTINUE to pump toxic meds into my now adult and permanently crippled son. Fortunately, where I live, the APS case workers are sane and kind and can see the doctors are just covering their own asses. Others are not so lucky as I.

Why am I telling you this? It seems strange that you were being abused and allowed to stay in the home because your parents were following medical advice. The forces of the medical industry are powerful and dark. In defense of your parents, who are unforgiveable but understandable to me, they were under that influence as much as you were. Right now, we all are.