Why is it that one little pill can balance out the chemicals in your brain for bipolar disorder?

it is lamicta

Abilify?

Because it's medicine lol, it does that

Because science is extraordinary......that's why.
Bipolar is very serious -- meds are of utmost importance.

Do you mean lithium?

It's the most popular/effective form of medication for bipolar disorder, but it doesn't completely balance out the chemicals in your brain or your moods...I believe it mostly gets rid of the manic episodes, and only partially treats the depressive episodes. Ergo, other therapies are required to totally manage bipolar disorder.

Lamictal may come in a small package but the receptor sites it affects in the brain aren't any bigger. These medications are powerful and should be monitored carefully by a psychiatrist.

For the same reason that any medicine can do anything. The medicine itself is a chemical, and different chemicals mix with other chemicals and neutralize or change one another. So the little pill gets into your stomach, and its chemicals are absorbed into your blood stream. That transports it to your brain where it mixes with whatever else is up there. And don't forget... it is NOT just one pill doing the work. It is that one pill every day over a period of time.

it's just the way the chemical in the pill alters how your brain chemistry is working-some meds make u worse, some make u better, and some have no effect at all, cuz we've all got different chemistry, but that is so awesome that it's helping u!!!

it must just be the right medicine for your brain chemistry, so it works like a charm

it's soooo hard for some to find the right meds, so congrats & keep up the good work

Lamictal is working for me. It's just a mood stabilizer.