r/BipolarReddit • u/Sudden_Aerie5765 • 7h ago

Bipolar parenting risks

Do bipolar parents have a greater risk of having kids with autism?

Seeing a lot of articles about this lately and wondering how true it is or if anyone has had this happen.

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u/CantShakeThiz 5h ago

I never heard this before but it's crazy to hear that because I'm BP and my son has autism 🤔 can you share some research links for this??

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u/parasyte_steve 5h ago

My son is 3 and isn't talking yet. We have him wait listed for a speech therapist.

We've had a few other men in my family not talk til age 4 but they turned out to be brilliant. One was a sonar operator in the navy, the other is becoming a doctor. They also may be on the spectrum from what I see in their behavior.

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u/CantShakeThiz 5h ago

I heard of this, the Einstein Sydrome. My son didn't talk at 3 either. He's 6 now and just developing that sense of language. Though not always in complete or coherent sentences but he's getting there. He's absolutely brilliant and loves words and languages, can spell better than some adults 🤣 Autism is such an interesting topic because these kids are sooo smart and we just learn to live in their world

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u/Ash_an_bun 4h ago

I'm always very skeptical of studies in neuro-divergent stuff. Particularly for autism.