So on Monday while talking with my psychiatrist he mentioned that Bi Polar is hereditary. I had already been worried about passing along depression and/or anxiety along to my daughters. Now I have this incredible guilt. If I had known I had bi polar would I have had my girls? I love them so much, I love them too much to want them to suffer with this the way I have.
I don't regret having them, but I regret that I am the one that had them, that I may have passed along some mutant genes.
I don't know if I'm making sense. It's something I've been struggling with for a couple days now. I mean I guess I do know what to watch for right? I know to include it in our family history, I know that if my daughters start having problems to take them to a psych dr. rather than a PCP.
I guess it is something I'll have to come to terms with.
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Don't let the possibility that your daughters will inherit bi-polar disorder get you down. It is a treatable disorder, and people who have it can lead normal, productive, happy lives if they stick to their treatments.
Even if your daughters DO develop it, they won't have to suffer like you have. You went for years without a diagnosis or effective treatment. They will be prepared for the possibility of developing BP and if they do, they will already know how to manage it. They will be in a much better position....in addition to that, the leaps that have been made in pharmaceutical treatment for psychological disorders in the past 20 years is massive. By the time they are old enough for the disorder to be symptomatic, there will be much more effective, stable treatments available.
They will be ok!
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