Re:Drugs for 'disorders' == HUGE money. GIGANTIC $ (Score 1)

I believe my children deserve the right to exist even if their lives won't be perfect or pain-free. I hope my children never have depression (not all of my relatives do): but if they do, I don't think that renders their lives worthless. I am a freestanding and productive member of society, as are most mentally ill people. I love my children and have done everything I can to be a good parent. All three are intelligent, caring and gifted people. They may carry the same genetic load I do, but it is a load for a TREATABLE illness that can be lived with. I suggest you read Kay Jamison's book "Touched by fire" about potential connections between creativity (good genes!) and bipolar disease (bad genes!). I wish people who feel so superior to the mentally ill would make up their &^(*^&^ minds. We get dumped on for our despair: but when we refuse to let our illness crush us, we get dumped on for being "cruel". Anyway: for all you know, you may be carrying a recessive gene for something that could manifest itself if you reproduce with the "wrong" partner. My genetic load is more obvious than some, but reproduction has a huge stochastic element for EVERYBODY.