I had a rough childhood with my sisters all bipolar also. I decided knowingly to have a child. He has issues. Weekly therapy, meds and we're constantly putting out fires. His issues are different then ours. I decided not to give him siblings because of several reasons. One being safety of future siblings if he was violent. He's not. I don't feel we were wrong for having him. He will need more help as he enters the workforce but it doesn't mean he can't generally be a happy, healthy person. My feeling is everyone has something and we learn to manage it. The world needs all types of people. Including people who feel "deeper".

I'm glad you were able to get sterilized it took 4 years, 3 states, a ton of drs, and witnessed forms before being allowed to get sterilized. That was with having a child. The only reason we got the okay is the Dr had a suprise child after his family had decided they were done.