passing on genetic disease

That would depend on how bad my condition was and if it not only enabled me to HAVE a child but be able to actually take care of one too! Early in my life my mom was diagnosed with Lupus. While growing up I was always tested but never diagnosed. I always wondered about passing on the Lupus gene to my child; after all, this genetic disorder is passed through the female. Even though there was a chance of passing this disease onto my child I always thought about having one. But I haven't just yet. I would still have a child though. If it was a disease like depression or another mental illness, I wold still have to consider the options for the child. What preventative measures can I take to try and avoid chances of the disease developing? Could I be open about my own illness so that the child can be more educated about what could happen to them? Think about it if you are the child of a parent with one of these illnesses. Do you think that your parents ever wished that you weren't born? Or are they trying to work with you through your illness because they are trying to help you through life...happy that you were born, trying to keep you alive?

Diabetes and hypertension run in my family. I've been a diabetic since high school and only had a small problem with my blood pressure when I was pregnant. There is a chance with each of us that we could pass something on to our children. Depression can be genetic or it can be a product of lifestyle or environment. The good thing is there are wonderful treatments and programs to involve yourself in should you become depressed. There are medications for conditions that make life liveable.

there are little chances of anxiety or mental disorders passing to the children from the parents. i dont think that an educated parents would prefer not to have a child because these disorders can be controlled from their childhood according to their life experiences. so iam sure that to have a child even there is a chance of getting such disorders...........................

I have ADD (Attention Deficit Disorder). This is something that passes on from parent to child. I think that I got it from my father. I know that there is a possibility that at least one of my children may get this, all because I have it. It's definitely not something that I want any of my kids to deal with. But it doesn't mean that I don't want kids. I still do, even though there is a possibility that one or more of my kids may have ADD. And my fiance is also aware of this. But we still want kids. It doesn't really affect our decision to have kids. Now, I believe that some future parents feel this way, but it's not everyone.

I'm very healthy as well as my families. And I hope my future child will be healthy, too. However, if I would be suffering some kind of genetic disease and know that it may entail my child, I would not give birth of babies. I don't want my child to suffer such pain as me. I love children. I may adopt a child as mine and let him grow healthily.

Well, given MY genetics, I wouldn't, but if I were coded for just depression or anxiety, I'd go ahead and have the kid because honestly, there are MUCH worse things than those. I'd give anything to be "just depressed" again. The kid has to learn to deal with it, anyway. It's one of those hurdle things. Not everyone's life is going to be perfect, and really, they'd better understand that early on or their life is going to get a LOT crummier.

It is my understanding that anxiety disorder is caused by high cordisol and depression is caused by low serotonin. TRiptofan and 5htp helps make serotonin. Taking niacinomide helps make more triptofan. These are nutrition issues, not genetic issues. I really do think that passing on genetic troubles to your children is generally overrated. The Egyptian Pharoahs married their own daughters for 5000 years and I know of no recorded instance of mental illness as a result of this. For some illnesses, genetics do play a role.

There are no perfect people. I think if you have a good chance of handing down a disease like diabetes, or heart condition it would be best not that you do not have children but you marry someone where that condition does not run in their family. Now the trouble is that for most of us marriages are not arranged and so we usually marry someone who is familiar with us, either from the same background, or the same area, or the same looks. And in most cases, that person has at least one of our inherited conditions. If I could have fallen in love with someone who did not have the same chances, of at least one of my inherited disease - heart condition, I would have wanted it and I could not get pregnant - Vd = after marriage. But had I not gotten Vd, I would have still tried to get pregnant, because when you have an inherited condition, you know all about it and can best accept it. And I would know about the treatments available.

If I had a serious disease that can be passed genetically to my children then I would choose not to have kids. I think I will be miserable if I had a kid that had a serious disease all that because of me, I don't want to deal with that my whole life. But depression and anxiety I think nowadays it is manageable with adequate treatment and medicine. That's what I think so in this case I would have kids. Of course I would hope the child would not develop it but in the case they do then at least I would know what's wrong with them and get them the proper treatment. Take care.

i've heard from a local tv talk show (doctor explaining) that we all are at risk of getting anxiety disorder or depression even though it doesn't run in the family.. Although those that has family history faces higher risk, the doctor said that all of us faces risks of acquiring the said illness since our genes continuously evolve.. which means that you cannot merely tell that once you and your partner don't have a family history of mental illness, your children will not likely develop it. would you know that the genes of your husband is not compatible with yours and the incompatibility could cause to develop an illness in your generation?

I have had Bipolar disorder for many years, and am quite sure that my Mom had the same thing, only undiagnosed. It has made my life very difficult at times. Dealing with it on a daily basis is tough. The meds are sometimes terrible. I made a decision when younger not to have kids because I did'nt want to pass it on. Mental illnesses are very real! Hopefully our society will no longer attach such a stigma to them.