The father of my baby has bipolar disorder & anxiety..?!
Question: The father of my baby has bipolar disorder & anxiety..?
What are the chances that my child will suffer with any problems like this?
How do u think him having bipolar and anxiety will affect the way he parents our child?
He has been so up and down lately, I think the news of me being pregnant just sent him over the edge, he says now that this is all too much for him and he has gone crazy with partying and other women... and he's almost 30! He stopped taking his meds and just went overboard.
Just wondering if anyone has had experience with this at all!
Please no judgements!
Answers:
You'll get no judgement from me, just sympathy. I am bipolar. I have four sons. First off, I am well medicated and I stay on my meds, but I do have bleed through times where I am unstable. Having been in psychiatric care for a long time, I recognize those times and I seek help.
Now, as for your baby's father, I would be very careful. If he is not taking care of himself, then it's not likely he can take care of the child. If he gets help and gets stable, then he would be find and likely a good father.
As for your baby, it's not a given that your child will have the same problems. Of my four sons, only one exhibits any instability and we're pretty sure it's just normal teenage "angst" as he's just 16. We are watching him closely, though.
You're in a tough spot, for sure, but if you ask for help from doctors, etc., you can stay on top of it and all three of you will be fine. Best of luck!
experience
Your baby is dying.
The person who said ur baby is dying must be like stupid.
Anyways, I know what ur going through, I'm 18 yrs old and a mother of a two year old son, I'm bipolar, clinically depressed and I have anxiety( which stems from my father) I'm medicated for it, and I fear all the time my son will end up with 1 of the 3 or all 3, all you can do right now is make sure ur babys father is on his meds so he stats stays stable around ur baby, until then I wouldn't trust him around your baby by himself because before I was on medication I would go through episodes of being extremly depressed, never put my son in any danger or hurt him but just to be safe my mom would help me out and take him out for the day or do something fun with him until I could control myself which is the reason for being on medication I needed it and it sounds like ur babys father does too, please speak to him about it tell him to take meds go to a doctor and he will feel much better and you will feel much safer with him around ur baby. Best of luck!