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Originally Posted by RxQueen875
I don't have children yet and I'm 2 years short of 30 and my boyfriend and I have talked about it. I think my major concern is that I'll pass my problems on to my children and that they'll be troubled with BP or alcoholics too (recovering alcoholic here). I've read a lot about the chances of passing mental disorders on to your children.
(From an article I read) "Yes, bipolar disorder runs in families; it is the most genetic major psychiatric condition. It is more genetic than schizophrenia and major depression. If you have a parent or sibling with bipolar disorder, then there is a 10-15% likelihood that you will develop it."
I suppose the chances are not high, but what if?
A few yrs ago I had a miscarriage but when I told my pdoc that I have to get off my meds because I was preg, he said "people like you shouldn't have children". Needless to say that was the last time I saw that a*shole.
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I'm bipolar with 5 kids. Three are dx with ad/hd ( one of the 3 also has aspergers but highly intelligent and his issues are mainly behavioral and sensory related) and the other two are not dx with anything. None of them have been dx with bipolar. Me and my father are the only two I know of in my family who had it. I think sometimes statistics can be beat because my family had its fair share of alcoholics too but I'm not (I don't think anyway) I do drink occasionally but I'm nothing like my father was. I can live without it, but my dad would go into DTs and I hardly remember seeing him sober a day in my life before he died.
As far as my kids, only one of them has had as many struggles as I have with my MI but he is also the happiest one in the family.
So I guess these are my statistics for you to consider if you want.
