I absolutely believe that they up the dose gradually to bring about death.
I didn’t see that with my mom or dad...but I wasn’t with them all the time.
It’s certainly possible if a person is in increasing pain at the end.
Well, I haven’t seen that, and the people I’ve known have died at home with home hospice care.
Let us know if you BEG them to up the dose.
“I absolutely believe that they up the dose gradually to bring about death.”
There comes a point where they are torturing themselves with their fear of death. They moan, groan, yell out constantly torturing themselves. And most times they are in great pain. They will not eat or drink no matter what you do to try and get them to. They are starving themselves to death with the fear. So they give them enough to at least relax them. When it gets to this point there is nothing else that can be done to make them comfortable and pain free until they die of malnutrition. The drugs are just helpful because they are slowly killing themselves by not eating and drinking anyhow. Once they have decided to not eat or drink it is over, they are already half way there, it cannot be stopped at that point, most times their mind is already gone, All you can do is make them more comfortable as they slowly pass over the next few days.