I'm sorry op, I know what thesis like; I have schizophrenia as well. good luck dealing with your husband's family and I hope they come to understand.

Was it their business to kno? I feel anything even slightly controversial should stay private frm inlaws.

my grandma is schizophrenic but she is just now treating it after 65 years of denial from everyone around her including my grandpa. my mom always knew though and made sure I knew. she got to the point where she would just repeat over and over again "I'm full of shit". she stopped eating and began wearing diapers because she hated to use the bathroom. she wouldn't shower or otherwise take care of herself. this all because in the past people viewed mental illness the way your in laws do. anyway, my point is that their views are old and mental illness is a lot more accepted these days than it used to be. I'm assuming your husband accepts and supports you, and maybe he can educate them about what happens to people with mental illness when they're denied treatment. (hence the story about my grandma) anyway OP, I hope it all gets sorted out for you. good luck!

Son/daughter please don't reproduce we don't need a serial killer in the family

true, it can be passed on. but so can fibromyalgia, lupus, ugly attitudes, and a host of other medical disorders. does that mean anyone with any type of illness with a possible genetic component should not have children?

I have SEVERE ADHD. Diagnosed when I was 6 by three different doctors. Of course I didn't really know what it meant at the time but I quickly became curious. I would look it up online and I would fond some nice supporting sites and blogs and such. Then there would also be things about it being a "horrible disfiguration" and a cause of "severe retardation", which is NOT true. It has actually been proven that people with ADHD are typically very intelligent and gifted in academics as well as the arts. So here I was this 9 or 10 year old kid, on the computer reading things that said its not a real thing and that I'm just stupid. So in I fall into a deep state of depression thinking I'm stupid, it's all my fault, and that my parents don't lover. time for counseling! I started going to a therapist at age 10. He was always trying to get the message across that I am smart and my ADHD doesn't define who I am yet it is still an important part of me. My mind had made an impenetrable wall on the subject until I was 13. The message finally made it to the center of my brain. I have ADHD, and OCD and yes it makes life very hard and uncomfortable at times, but if I had the chance to make it all go away, I wouldn't take it. I would not be me without it, so degrading another person who you don't know what they've been through, honestly makes me sick to my stomach, and it is because of you people that put others down because they are they slightest bit different that I had to start seeing a therapist at age 10!