how does lamotrigene work? what does it do to your brain to stop mood swings?
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Lamotrigine works by regulating electrical activity in the brain, helping to stabilize mood and reduce mood swings
It does this by targeting specific receptors and chemicals in the brain, which helps restore balance and promote a more stable emotional state.
For bipolar disorder/mood swings, we don’t really know. We have some ideas, but nothing has really been proven about how lamotrigine works. https://journals.lww.com/psychopharmacology/abstract/2003/10000/potential_mechanisms_of_action_of_lamotrigine_in.11.aspx
Lamotrigine was originally developed as an anti-seizure medication that works by tamping down on excessive electrical signaling in the brain. It also inhibits the actions of glutamate, which is essentially your brain’s accelerator/gas pedal (as opposed to GABA which is the brain’s brake). It’s not currently known how much overlap there is between the anti-seizure mechanism and the mechanism that helps treat bipolar.
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