Im schizophrenic and depressed. Im on medication for both. Both low does 10mg for flouxetine and 5mg olanzapine. What would you suggest? I would like to have a baby but am very worried about side affects
it is possible to stay on some ap meds while pregnant…my first wife was sz and had a very succesful son.
I vote no because of stuff like this
I asked this question when I first joined. I received the best advice I have ever gotten. I eventually decided to adopt.
Also, if someone comes after you, can you handle that without shattering into a hundred pieces? Because someone coming after your kid is 10x worse. If you can’t handle someone poking at you then you’re absolutely going to come apart when the same happens to your child. And it will happen too often. You need to be in one piece for your kid when they fall apart.
Yeah, me and Sir Level are gonna have at least 100 babies. I mean that’s only the bare minimum.
Good thread without joking…
@anon15119022,you are woman,right?
gosh so true. I had to develop such a tough skin and calm outward demeanor.
I am still working on that.
Me too, honestly. But I have way more success now.
I plan on having kids one day but I can’t tell you if you should or not.
I’m with @Squanchy on this. I don’t feel that I can say whether or not you should/shouldn’t have kids. However, I have three, and I love them very much. I periodically hear about parents who, when asked, say they would reconsider having kids if they knew what it’d be like. I can’t understand that. I love my kids and they make me so happy, even during the tough times (and there are plenty). I think @Ninjastar gave great advise if you are worried about sz/sza. I had my kids pre-diagnosis, so I didn’t know any better. Ultimately, it’s your life to live.
When we had children, I was not diagnosed. I was not hearing voices. I was not taking any psychiatric medication.
We were in, and still are in, a good financial situation with a home in a good area to raise children.
I know some people diagnosed with schizophrenia, and medicated, have had children.
I never want to be a father. I’m scared I will pass down my mental health issues to my daughter or son and they will suffer like I have.
I am not in a great financial situation either and I don’t know if I ever will be. It wouldn’t be fair to my kid(s) to grow up with money issues.
If I have a son, he will probably be short like I am and don’t want him to have to deal with all the short jokes i’ve had to deal with in my life.
Follow your heart, if it happens it happens, if not then its up to the fates to decide
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Yeah, but in my defense I was told I was sterile due to a childhood injury. It turns out my gun had a few bullets left and I have great aim. 
Things worked out well, but that is due in large part to my wife. She got us over the humps I could not on my own. I can’t imagine how households with two MI parents manage. Seems like a recipe for disaster to me. Households with a single MI parent are horrible. Saying that because I was raised in one.
Generally a bad idea. People have romantic notions about having kids that have no basis in reality. Being a parent comes with all kinds of hardships people had no idea existed until they are whacked in the side of the head with them. If you struggle in your day-to-day life without kids then you probably shouldn’t even consider having kids. Kids are problem multipliers.
Having kids will not make your current problems feel better, you’ll find they are worse and you will also have all kinds of new problems as well. I’m not saying kids aren’t worth it, but you had better be prepared to handle a crapfest (or multiple crapfests) at any given moment because parenting is like that.
Yeah, don’t stress about it I’d say, listen to everyone, your dr’s, family, friends, etc and listen to what your heart says, if you think the time is right, if you think you are prepared and able to do it without too much trouble then do it.
Don’t blindly follow you’re heart as this is not what i was suggesting, make sure it is an informed decision after weighing everything up,
Maybe writing down a list of pro’s & cons, barriers, what struggles may appear then write down what you think you could do easily, the positives, try writing down a list of everything including financial & practical things.
I see squirrels up in the top right.
Mind blown.
Explains much about you.
