Bipolar Disorder, Depression, Schizophrenia

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druscilla; drink me.:

I'm terrified of my children getting these from me.
Because it will happen. I just know it will.
My daughters will have depression or Bipolar.
My sons could develop schizophrenia in their twenties.
It scares me.
My mom cries when she thinks about everything my sister and I have been through because she blames herself for giving us the disease.
I know I'll be the same way.

Adopt?
Or consider egg donors.

I couldn't adopt. I want to be pregnant.
And I want my children to be mine, I just don't want to give them this disease.
The only plus to knowing I can pass it on is that my kids are going to be shoved in therapy as soon as they hit elementary school.

druscilla; drink me.:

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druscilla; drink me.:

I'm terrified of my children getting these from me.
Because it will happen. I just know it will.
My daughters will have depression or Bipolar.
My sons could develop schizophrenia in their twenties.
It scares me.
My mom cries when she thinks about everything my sister and I have been through because she blames herself for giving us the disease.
I know I'll be the same way.

Adopt?
Or consider egg donors.

I couldn't adopt. I want to be pregnant.
And I want my children to be mine, I just don't want to give them this disease.
The only plus to knowing I can pass it on is that my kids are going to be shoved in therapy as soon as they hit elementary school.

Sorry if I sound rude, but is there a high chance that they will get it?

ChemicallyImbalanced:

Sorry if I sound rude, but is there a high chance that they will get it?

My mom has it. Both of her daughters do.

Fifty percent of all mental health patients have a parent suffering from a mood disorder. A first-degree relative is 8 to 18 times more likely to develop a disorder. If both parents have bipolar disorder there is a 50 - 75% chance of their child having the disorder. There is a 25% chance that the child of a bipolar parent and non-bipolar parent will develop the disorder.

And my family seems to pass it on to everyone.
My mother's mother has it. My mother has it. I have it. My sister has it.

^^ oh dear. That makes it sound like there is a high chance that if you or your sister have children they will develope it.

What are the chances of a child developing bipolar if they're relatives have schizophrenia?

My mother is bi-polar. And it scares me because I have times where for months I don't talk to anyone or leave my room or anything and I sit there and I do nothing except harm myself in any way possible and just want to ultimately die. And I hate it and it sucks.

And then theres times where I can't stand anybody, I just can't control my emotions and I don't feel like myself and I feel out of my body, like I'm watching myself trying to stop, but I can't because my brain just wont let me or something. I've walked out on my parents, hit my father, told him that I didn't think he was actually my father because my mother was a whore, I've screamed at my grandmother in a Cafe, when I was nine I kicked her in the ribs because she yelled at me. And I don't feel like me, I feel out of my body and out of control.

And then sometimes, I feel perfectly fine. Happy, sad wahtever, nothing extreme. I can't stand it and I like to tell myself that it's mood swings. Just mood swings. Because I'm going through puberty and whatever, but really, I don't think mood swings make you feel out of your body and unable to control anything about yourself. I wish they did.

I don't know if I'm Bi-Polar. And after Dru said about it being passed on, both my mom and two of my uncles are Bi-Polar, so is my Grandmother on my moms side. So I don't really know.

mali:

druscilla; rooftop.:

More to the people who think mood swings are Bipolar.

And most "mood swings" these people talk about occur within a few minutes or hours.
When you have bipolar disorder, your moods do not change that fast. One week you can be in a manic state, and the next week you're in a depressive state. It's not fast, your moods can change through a period of a day to a few wees.
That's what I was told by someone who has it, and I trust that they would know so...:shifty

I have Bi-Polar Disorder, and thats pretty much hitting the nail, head on.. Although, your mood can change drastically, quickly, often times it is more of a day to week to week or month, type thing... I've been in this lame ass mother fucking depressive state for like a week now... Fucking BP.... I hate it.... A few weeks ago, I ran out in front of a car and got hit... I'm okay though... a few major bruises is all...

^
But isn't there any kind of illness that involves fast and really fast cycling?

Yes, my mother is a rapid cycler. It happens to some people. Her moods were forever changing between manic, depressed, mixed, normal. I found that living with someone who is a rapid cycler is harder then someone who isn't because they are even more unpredictable.

evan black.:

Yes, my mother is a rapid cycler. It happens to some people. Her moods were forever changing between manic, depressed, mixed, normal. I found that living with someone who is a rapid cycler is harder then someone who isn't because they are even more unpredictable.

I was just asking because the post above mentioned that people with bipolar disorder don't get fast mood changes.
Thank you for answering my question.
:cute:

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evan black.:

Yes, my mother is a rapid cycler. It happens to some people. Her moods were forever changing between manic, depressed, mixed, normal. I found that living with someone who is a rapid cycler is harder then someone who isn't because they are even more unpredictable.

I was just asking because the post above mentioned that people with bipolar disorder don't get fast mood changes.
Thank you for answering my question.
:cute:

Your welcome! :cute:

Can any types of Bipolar cause or lead to sleeping disorders?

I don't know if my BP disorder has anything to do with it, but I have insomnia. Which really really sucks.

Mosh.Punk.Ballet.:

I don't know if my BP disorder has anything to do with it, but I have insomnia. Which really really sucks.

Yep, it's most likely to do with that.

I have insomnia at the minute...sometimes it's really bad and I go for days without sleeping, other times I sleep for like 14 hours a day and I'm still tired. My moods change very rapidly and I can be very unpredictable. I don't often think rationally, my emotions sort of take over.

After doing some research on the condition I do sometimes worry if I might be BiPolar. I'm seeing a psychologist about my sleeping and depression issues, but I try to keep myself in check when I'm there...I'm kind of scared of being 'diagnosed' with anything.

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druscilla; drink me.:

I'm terrified of my children getting these from me.
Because it will happen. I just know it will.
My daughters will have depression or Bipolar.
My sons could develop schizophrenia in their twenties.
It scares me.
My mom cries when she thinks about everything my sister and I have been through because she blames herself for giving us the disease.
I know I'll be the same way.

Adopt?
Or consider egg donors.

I couldn't adopt. I want to be pregnant.
And I want my children to be mine, I just don't want to give them this disease.
The only plus to knowing I can pass it on is that my kids are going to be shoved in therapy as soon as they hit elementary school.

I know what you mean. It's not like it has to happen, but there is a high chance. Although, your children may have something different.
EG. My Mum suffered from extremely bad OCD (but she has it under control) and I suffer from bad anxiety, bad depression and mild OCD. I've been in and out of therapy and on and off medication since I was very little, and I'm still 'normal' per se. But I know what you mean. I hate to think that theres a chance my future children could get this from me, and it makes me feel yucky, cos I know how horrible it is and how it could ruin your life. And we've also had a history of bi polar & schizophrenia in the family, so that worries me a bit also.

Electric Puzzycat:

Mosh.Punk.Ballet.:

I don't know if my BP disorder has anything to do with it, but I have insomnia. Which really really sucks.

Yep, it's most likely to do with that.

I have insomnia at the minute...sometimes it's really bad and I go for days without sleeping, other times I sleep for like 14 hours a day and I'm still tired. My moods change very rapidly and I can be very unpredictable. I don't often think rationally, my emotions sort of take over.

After doing some research on the condition I do sometimes worry if I might be BiPolar. I'm seeing a psychologist about my sleeping and depression issues, but I try to keep myself in check when I'm there...I'm kind of scared of being 'diagnosed' with anything.

You might want to check into it, because you sound an awful lot like me when I didn't know. With the symptoms and what not.

Mosh.Punk.Ballet.:

You might want to check into it, because you sound an awful lot like me when I didn't know. With the symptoms and what not.

I know what you mean...I just hate having 'something wrong' with me, y'know?

Plus I almost feel like it would give my mother even more reason to blame me for the fact that we don't get on. Though she's been sickeningly cruel and abusive to me over the years, she's very quick to call me 'crazy' or whatever when I react to her torments.

druscilla; glitter.:

ChemicallyImbalanced:

Sorry if I sound rude, but is there a high chance that they will get it?

My mom has it. Both of her daughters do.

Fifty percent of all mental health patients have a parent suffering from a mood disorder. A first-degree relative is 8 to 18 times more likely to develop a disorder. If both parents have bipolar disorder there is a 50 - 75% chance of their child having the disorder. There is a 25% chance that the child of a bipolar parent and non-bipolar parent will develop the disorder.

And my family seems to pass it on to everyone.
My mother's mother has it. My mother has it. I have it. My sister has it.

That's scaring me now.
My Mum's mother had bipolar, my Aunt has bipolar and my cousin has bipolar. Neither of my parents have any mental illnesses but my brother is schizophrenic and I have depression.

I have Schizophrenia and a split personality, and at the present moment in time I've only known for three days.

Ittakes a lot of getting used to. My doctor says I have the worst case of Schizophrenia that he's seen in a long time - the worst symptom I have is hallucinations. I hear voices really clearly (most of the time they talk to me, but sometimes they talk to each other about me) and I also see things that don't exist, mostly hands and faces, which is scary.

xx Fionnuala xx

I have a lovely big blood line of depression, bipolar and scizophrenia in my family.

Hooray.

I'm getting treated for depression at the moment, but about 3 months ago, the doctors said I could possibly be developing mild schizophrenia.

It really sucks, I have very few friends now, I think it's because of all the stuff. But I try my best to push it to the back of my mind and enjoy my 'high' days.