Why I would never have a child, even if I could find a wife/girlfriend. What do you think?

[SeekerOfTruth007]

Type 2 Diabetes:

Let's see. It's genetic, though it somehow skips some generations.

The nerve pain hurts worse than broken bones, sprains, or even passing a kidney stone. A LOT worse. if a man passing a kidney stone is a 10 on the pain scale, I had to invent a new pain scale which goes to 12 to explain Diabetic Nerve Pain to a doctor one time. Where 10 is "grown man crying" 11 is "it hurts too much to cry" and 12 is "bite a pillow to prevent biting your tongue off at night while your'e trying to fall asleep."

At one point, I was taking 3000mg per day of Neurontin and it didn't even phase the pain. Now my diet is slightly better, so I can get away with 900mg per day, but at the worst, in 2016, I was in incredible pain non-stop every day of my life and nothing even phased it. I would never pass that down to an offspring for any reason.

Worse: We now know Type 2 diabetes is genetically linked to bipolar and schizophrenia disorders, as I've suspected for years, Type 2 diabetes causes brain damage which in turn causes mental illness. IN 2001, I tested with MENSA before I became type 2 diabetic, and my IQ was found to be 187. IN 2013, following being diagnoses as type 2 diabetic, I was retested for IQ and it was found to have fallen into the 134 to 145 range, which is still Genius, but three (or four) standard deviations lower than the 2001 score. I would never wish an offspring to suffer the pain I suffered, but bipolar disorder is perhaps worse than the physical pain. It would take another 10 years before they found medication that half-way stops the symptoms of this disease, and the disease gets worse every year.

I was once a member of a church where for lack fo a better term, two invalid parents had two invalid children. Thus, all four of them draw social security disability for life even without working a day in their life. If they actually knew what love was, they wouldn't produce offspring knowing they'd be disabled for life.

[Wuai201]

Bruh I don't want kids
I'm going through neuropathy and sleep apnea problems, everything burns and now I got high blood pressure problems and weight gain from the apnea. In the doctors office it went to 170/106. Then my doctors and physical therapist say I'm weak on one side then it's better then it's back to being weak, same thing for my vitamin deficiency. My mri this year starting in April I don't have muscle astropy, but
Both thighs have bone bruises , knees have fluid and shoulders tendinopathy.
Without the mri the doctor's say I got plantar fasciitis.
I'm not trying to add diabetes to the list
I don't have it but my grandmother has it and she's a stick size xs. My mom got gestational diabetes ( your pregnancy causes diabetes ) and for some women it goes away after pregnancy, but my mom kept it.
And my dad has type 2 diabetes, sleep apnea and severe hypersomnia
Both of them got arthritis problem mom's RA
Dad's osteoarthritis sciatica and gout
I'm not trying to get diabetes from having a kid

[BadApple69]

First off look at Stephen Hawking. He was totally handicapped but gave so much to the world. Your fears of passing down bad genetics doesn’t always happen. As for type 2 diabetes, that can also just be from a lot of poor life choices. Your child (if you had one) could make all the right choices because she had a loving read that taught her the right choices. I’m sorry for all the pain you are in and I am someone who understands pain…. But your pain shouldn’t be the reason not to bring a beautiful child into the world.

[SeekerOfTruth007]

What bad choices? Just a few years before I became medically disabled, I was working out 20 hours per week, doing some 300 pushups per day, 200 situps, 200 squats, 20 pullups, running 1.5 miles and taking 3 hours per day of cardio kickboxing and traditional martial arts. By 2004, I began to notice diabetic nerve pain and muscle atropy for no damned reason other than genetics. By 2009 I was actually totally disabled, to the point that I could no longer even play my favorite video game correctly, much less trying to do a job or anything useful, but I didn't file for benefits until 3 years later, because I had no idea I could qualify for benefits.

I've even begun to suspect that I might have an undiagnosed case of either MS or ALS, as I continue to notice muscle atropy no matter what I try to do to fix the problem.

[BadApple69]

To start off with I apologize…. Some people get shit they don’t deserve. Sounds like your case.
I know a lot of diabetics and I’ll tell you it’s not their exercise or lack of but it’s the crap processed food we’ve been subjected to for decades. Fast, easy and extremely unhealthy.