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inheriting Schizo Posted: 01-14-08 21:56pm
Hey, My ex's dad has schzopernia We
started noticing it when he was 15 (almost
16) and it literally keeps getting worse.
The only reason we know about it (for a
fact) is cause of the mental eval we took
though our custody cause. I have Post
Tramic Stress Dissorder and he came out
with Paramoid Schzopernia. (among other
minor things)
I just learned I am pregnant by him now
and we have a 2 year old (3 nexted month)
son. I am sorta concern my children will
get it because he has it.
I am not sure how bad he has it, I know he
is a jerk to be around. I know that it's
not really his fault that he is the way he
is, and I know his mother is worst then
him (if you wanna met a lady that actually
thinks every baby belongs to her and she
controls everything thats her) But he
drives me insain. He does this back and
forth things with me
Anyways simple question, what are the odds
my children will get this from there back
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Philo
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Posted: 01-15-08 17:54pm
Being a jerk is not a symptom of
schizophrenia.
As to your question, I don't know what the
odds are, but they're there.
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Galaxy
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Posted: 01-15-08 18:04pm
Sounds like you two are not a good match -
he is a 'jerk' you say, and he drives you
insane?
I think that rather than worrying about
whether or not your children will inherit
schizphrenia, I would concern myself with
giving them a stable, stress-free
upbringing. I can't figure out what the
set up is between you - is he your 'ex' as
you say, or are you together?
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Georgia59
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Posted: 01-17-08 17:21pm
Although there is a slightly higher chance
than normal that they will get it, they
still most likely will not.
What I mean is, even though statistics say
that they are more likely to have it than
most people, they are still not likely to
have it.
I can't remember the numbers, though,
sorry!
I agree- focus on bringing them up in a
nurturing healthy environment and they
should be fine.
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stacia
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Posted: 01-21-08 23:40pm
Schizophrenia is caused by a combination
of environmental and biological factors,
so when a child is biologically more
likely to have Schizophrenia than most
people, it's usually the environment that
is the "last straw." If the children are
raised in a nurturing healthy environment
(like georgia59 and shonster have already
said), it should make them less likely to
develop the disease. Regardless, the
statistics are so low that it shouldn't be
too much of a concern, if at all.
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Sinc17
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Posted: 01-23-08 13:42pm
I remember this, my own mother has it
It was like 10-20% chance, I found it
somewere on wikipedia
I am to lazy to look it up again
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Georgia59
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Posted: 01-23-08 17:44pm
I really don't think it's that high. I
checked wiki and it didn't say, you'd have
to look in the DSM or something.
Be careful when you're checking though, if
you find "heritability" that usually
describes the likelihood that two people
with an identical genetic code (twins)
would have it. If your parents have it,
that's something different. Heritability
rates are different than the rates that it
can be passed from parents.
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Georgia59
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Posted: 01-23-08 17:46pm
I'm finding about 5% among first-degree
relatives. There's about a 1% chance of
developing it if no relatives have it.
