mental illness and children

[Kaitlynlily]

I suffer from a range of mental illnesses. I was wondering if anyone else that has any worries about passing them on to your children?

[Hannah1753]

Mental illness skips the men in my family. Myself, my mother, my grandmother, and my great grandmother all suffered from depression and obsessive compulsive disorder. Up until I found out I was pregnant I was debating on whether or not I would ever want kids because the risk posed to them. Now that I am pregnant I'm extremely excited. Even if my baby gets ill in the future, who better to handle it than me! Takes one to know one I guess, ha. I'm sure everything will be fine.

[briscooby95]

I hav myoclonic absence epilepsy. Genetic nd noncurable (meds whole life). I got it from my dads side but he doesnt hav it. So im hopin it will skip my sons generation.

[baby_love2014]

My mom suffered from depression and I got it. Neither of my parents have anxiety or are bipolar,  so don't know who I got those from.  Its something I worry about that though.  Dad has no mental illnesses.

[Tasyi]

They say most mental illnesses come from the fathers side. My mom only had depression but I got 3 of the 5 things my dad has.