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I am so sorry you feel this way. You should definitely seek couseling and a medical evaluation. Your disorder may be sucessfully treated with the right medications and you can be back on track. I think you'd be very sorry you gave up custody of your 2 year old if 6 months down the road from now, you felt great and were successfully treated.
I would recommending seeking treatment right away. Is there someone in your family that could look after your son for a weeks or months while you try to get back on track-your mother, a sister, a friend?
If you feel you absolutely certain you cannot raise your son and have carefully considered all the repercussions of placing him for adoption at this age, I would recommend an agency or private adoption. I would try to avoid the state system. With an agency or private adoption, you would have more of a say in the type of family that would adopt him. It may also be less traumatic on him to go from your home straight to his new home.
I urge you not to give up custody until you are 1000 percent sure you are unable to raise him. Please think it over and know that even with depression and bi polar disorder, medications can make a workd of difference!
Good luck!
Joanne
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