I had my son before I was diagnosed. Last year we wanted to try again and I tried going off my meds but it just did not work. Having mental illness should not stop you from having a baby at some point, but the timing has to be right. It is definitely harder to have a child to take care of when you are trying to keep yourself straight. I also worry about the genetics of my MI in regard to my son.
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The Earth is a world, the world is a ball;
A ball in a game, with no rules at all.
As I stopped to think of the wonder of it all;
You take it and drop it and it breaks when it falls.
--Echo and the Bunnymen
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