Then the lines are indeed blurry. I want my pain to end, my doc wants my pain to end, giving pain meds sufficient to end my pain ends my life. So what was my intent? I am out of pian but I am dead. Same result either intent. Maybe I want to die because I want my pain to end and I know that I will never be out of excruiating pain UNTIL or UNLESS I die.
Are you a physician or a hospice worker? Because all of the ones that I have talked to stated that pain can almost always be managed without overdose. Generally the problem comes in when a person is already near death and the pain medication causes respiratory problems.