Haloperidol
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Yes, this has sense. I did not know an end life stage could bring such agitation. I remember my dad dying of cancer, as well but it was, altough horrible, somehow peaceful… Perhaps a priest might help but we are not in a hospital now but at home. We might find the way to find a priest. I don’t know, I feel also guilty for being unable to help her. I know this is part of the process and also there are so much tension here…
Jose-
I am not sure if you ar Catholic- but the sacrament of the sick is very powerful and the gift of anointment may help her. Not just at the end of life but at any stage of poor health. My OH was anointed every month for a year.I am going to use words now that are difficult but if your sister is entering the terminal phase of her life she will be agitated. It is in our basic animal instinct to run away somewhere on our own at the time of our death. It is only sedative mediatication that can ease this fight and flight instinct. This drugs will not shorten her life but it will give her much needed rest. Starting that medicine was a very difficult for me but I did not want the last words I shared with my darling husband to be firm words about getting back to bed or for him to fall trying to get up.
I can only share my experience i don’t know if this is where your sister is.
All my best,
ChrissyJose, I can see where your Sister might get upset by a Priest but and there are times we have to skirt the truth a little, what if he walked in and said he was visiting others and wanted to know if she would like to talk with him? I am sure if she said no he would leave. On the other hand she might just open up to him once he is there. Otherwise I just can’t see where you can do any more than what you are doing, so be strong.
Lalupes wrote:Jose, there are very strong similarities between your sister’s behaviour and my sister’s. My sister is very much calmer now. I hope the professionals, whether medical or spiritual (or both) can ease your sister’s distress, too. I know how heart-wrenching it is to watch but not to be able to help.Julia XX
Thank you Julia. Could you please tell me how did you get over this problem? Was it through medication?
Hugs
Thank you Lainy, religion is important for her and she goes to church but I am skeptic about a priest… I think you pointed something very interesting. Its true that it seems that she is waiting for something or someone. Let me add one thing. I think she suffers of akathisia, impossibility of sitting down. It’s unbelievable. Even with morphine and other drugs in her body she wants to stand up. If I ask she says she feels exhausted but cannot sit down. She wants to walk and walk all the time. There is no peace here. Does she want all of us (we are a large family) staying around her?. This is very sad.
Jose, there are very strong similarities between your sister’s behaviour and my sister’s. My sister is very much calmer now. I hope the professionals, whether medical or spiritual (or both) can ease your sister’s distress, too. I know how heart-wrenching it is to watch but not to be able to help.
Julia XX
Jose……your sister is frightened; that is understandable given the situation she is in. Are you giving her the medications prescribed by the physician? If so then you need to speak with him/her regarding your sister’s present state of mind. Be insistent; you need clarification and guidance. You are a wonderful brother to your sister and I am sure somehow, deep down, she knows and appreciates it but, this is a time where professional help is needed.
Hugs are coming your way,
MarionJose, to me the important thing is your Sister does seem a little calmer. I believe that for some reason, pehaps her fear of dying, is what is causing all this. Keep talking to her and it won’t hurt a thing to go along with what ever she says. Like Julia’s sister, yours also seems to be waiting for something or someone. I do believe we pick our own time to make our journey. I just had a thought, have you tried having a Clergy talk to her. Perhaps he could bring her some peace that has not been tried yet from a Man of the Cloth.
Another thing I’d like to add is that she is becoming addicted to certain medication such as alprazolam (Xanax in the US). We have locked the mediciones to avoid self-medication. When the night comes everything is worse, she become more agitated, crying but even without strenght to cry.
Thank you very much for all your comments that really helped me. There is something else I’d like to comment: I talked to her today. At the beginning her talking was slow but somehow coherent. After a while, however, she felt paranoid saying that everybody was treating her like a kid, whispering, conspiring… and, after saying this she ended crying. She has also many cravings. She wants to water the terrace, despite of the fact that there are no plants, she wants candies or this or that. Another important thing is that she does not want to sleep fearing of dying during sleeping. She even tries to avoid sitting down. She said “tomorrow I’ll be 50 and they [my brother, brother in law, elder sister,etc] treat me like a little kid”. Actually she is 50 in September so she has lost the consciousness of time.
Jose,
My dad also had Haloperidol when he was in hospice care and it helped him a lot with keeping calm and not so anxious etc. He was given it through his syringe driver along with some of his other meds so that he was getting it consistently over a 24 hour period.
Thinking of you and your sister right now.
Gavin
Jose…palliative care does not mean “end of life care” rather it encompasses numerous treatments including, symptom control of specific ailments. Your sister appears to be suffering from enormous anxiety and it is the hope that the above medication will help her relax.
Hugs,
MarionJose, none of us really know what is happening where you are, but I would hope the doctors are trying to keep her as painfree and as calm as they can. None of us EVER want to see our loved one’s suffer, I saw it and believe me it was better for me to see Teddy at Peace. I am hoping that once they get your sister calmed down to a good level perhaps she will feel good enough to proceed with the treatment she needs. I hope the new RX helps and that you also can get some calm and rest.
Hi,
Haldol(haloperidol) is an antipsychotic agent for hallucinations,sedation;for overdose treatment of opioid; is also used as a powerful antiemetic agent in chemotherapy;analgesics(combined with other agents);and like Thorazine, it can be used for hiccups too.
I do not know any other FDA approved uses for haloperidol apart from above being mentioned.
God bless.
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