what chemicals are imbalanced in the bipolar brain?

Question

I know that bipolar is and imbalance of of chemicals in the brain but what chemicals are they?

Answer 1

The imbalance is with what are called neuro receptors. the most common that have an effect on Bipolar people are serotonin and dopamine. These chemicals regulate how information passes between nerve synapses in the brain, and the "imbalance" caused mood disorders.

Answer 2

My 7 year old daughter just got diagnosed with this disorder and I asked the psychiatrist this question. He said that the medication that's used to treat bipolar disorder basically alter the release of dopamine and serotonin. It does not necessarily mean that these are the chemicals that are not balanced though. There is still not enough information for doctors to know which chemicals are the ones that are imbalanced because the only way to know is to actually take a sample from the patients brain which is not a choice for obvious reasons. Instead medicine has been produced, to alter the dopamine and serotonin levels in the brain to treat the disorder. The answer is - no one knows, not even doctors.

Answer 3

This is a much more complex question than people realize. It's not just an imbalance of chemicals, it's actually a difference in the way the brain functions and even the size of certain parts of it. It's a very interesting question, but it does not have a simple answer. There is much they do not yet understand about this, as the brain in a very mysterious organ. They do not even know exactly how the medications use to treat it work. They know they appear to effect certain neurotransmitters (which ones - serotonin, dopamine, norepinephrine, etc - are dependant on which medication), but it goes beyond that in ways that are just beginning to be understood by science.

Answer 4

None have ever been demonstrated to be "imbalanced". No tests for neurotransmitters can be done on a living brain.

Answer 5

at least one should be the lack of or small amount of serotinin firing between the synapses of the nerves i nthe brain...serotinin basically makes you happy.

Answer 6

Good question~I have that disorder and dont know squat about it.I'll be watching this answer!

Answer 7

Dopamine and seratonin are affected.