About kids....if I had none at an earlier age I had bipolar. I would not have had kids. I love my kids but they deal with/ have dealt with a lot from me. With my older two I didn’t have a lot of patience and my moods which I thought to by pms was terrible. Now that I’m on meds things are better for my younger daughter. The other two are adults and on there own. I have apologized for being a basket case but some days the guilt bothers me. I know I could not stop it, I didn’t know what was wrong with me. I never thought it could be a mental illness. My family never said “hey let’s go talk to doctor..” I’m not telling you not to have kids. I just know I regret passing this demon on to my older daughter. I worry for her a lot. If your open with your family and have a good supportive spouse. I believe it would work out. I barely have support. My mom gets nervous at mental health topics.