As a person with schizophrenia, I worried about passing the curse on. When you are in love and everything is going well you don’t think of that. But I’m glad I was born and am glad there is no genetic test to try to snuff out a life before it begins.
I eventually married and had a child. It was tough growing up but he’s finally an adult.
We’re both happy and now he’s only thing I have in common with my husband.
i don’t care, i think this disease is random and preventative so all i think that we need is the right med combo,
higher functioning schizophrenics i don’t see why we could not be fathers or mothers as long as we can get it under control and maintain that stability throughout our lives,
i think i would make a good dad despite my illness thanks to the meds and sheer determination, i go to church, attend college and volunteer as well as living independently and managing my own meds,
the only negative thing i can think of about being a husband and a father with my illness is the fact that these meds might shorten my life span and i might never see any grandkids grow up.
i have a 8 year old son, the joy of my life
If you’re able to take care of them, sure.
Sometimes life just happens. I got married and had a child long before I got ill and there is no history of sz in my family at all.
Newsflash: You can not have Sz and your kids can develop it. Or they can get cancer. Or be run over by a car. Or grow up healthy. There are NO guarantees.
Also, I take umbrage at your comment that I’m not functional as a parent. I’m an archery coach, a volunteer school bus driver, 4-H leader, volunteer photography instructor, and I do all kinds of other things for my kid’s school. I’m more active as a volunteer than most neurotypicals.
My kid isn’t on the “at risk” list at school. She gets decent grades and is regarded as honest and reliable. I’m considered reliable enough that I’m allowed to take kids to archery tourneys on my own without another teacher present.
Having Sz doesn’t mean you can’t do things that non Szs do, it just means that you’re racing in a leaky boat. Stopping to bail occasionally is okay, but you’ve got to row twice as hard as the neurotypicals do to stay in the race.
My 2 cents as the parent of a teenager.
10-96
i would like to start a family, i dont have anyone in my family who have a mi so its something i think about but i guess im not worried. all that being said i need to find a gf i see a future with and accept my illness first
proud papa.
life is risky any way u choose it.
steve jobs?
im sure he wanted to be around for awhile longer.
u gotta develop a philosophy that rails against the misery.
I am 49 so I would love to have children; when I see my three newphews I feel so happy that I feel a enormous motivation to achieve it. However my pdoctor tell me that it is no good idea because my illness and my age; I don´t give up this idea yet.
Tolteca.
This is from my other post, the one in the wrong thread…
Nobody should have children if they can’t take care of them.
As for schizophrenia, there are other diseases that a child could be born with and there’s no guarantee of schizophrenia. Also, there are many schizophrenics who are more than capable of caring for and loving a child.
I used to feel differently, but now I see no reason schizophrenics specifically shouldn’t have children.
I believe we can, but I’m not sure I’d want to see my own kid grow into an illness like this. It would be tough.