I've been on tegretol and was stable when at uni. But I was told by my doctors that it would be an extremely difficult life if I had a child (some children don't survive past a very early age) due to disabilities caused by medication. Also I need to say (although I don't want to) that if both parents' illnesses rapidly worsen in the UK, at best the children will be placed temporaily/permanently on Social Services' "at risk" lists, and at the worst, be placed in "alternative accomodation". I worked with social services while hiding my illness and my want for children, and it ripped me apart.
I appreciate how much you may want children, and can empathise. If you google the Norfolk & Waveney mental health trust pharmacy, it is very clear in explaining the risks involved with having children while on psychiatric medication.
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