My son is 6 now. I've had a few hospitalizations since he was born, but am currently medicated and been hallucination free for two years. I was diagnosed schizophrenic after his birth, before that I was diagnosed with different depression and anxiety disorders because I wasn't honest with doctors about hallucinations. After he was born I realized the hallucinations and delusions were affecting his safety so Dr's, psych, and therapists started working to find meds and a way to stabilize me. Thankfully, when I've needed to go inpatient for delusional episodes or hallucinations, my parents have been able to come down and help my husband with our son. It is hard talking with other people sometimes. I try to be open because I think ignorance on the subject is a huge problem and those of us who are stable need to show people that this diagnosis is not the end of everything, and you can have a life. However, my mom hates my outspokeness because I've had people who barely know me call child services because they can't believe anyone with my condition could be a good mother. (All those who know me think I'm a great mother, usually far better than I think of myself.) But that ignorance and the damage that type of thinking does is exactly why I feel like I need to be open, so people know that type of thinking is wrong.