Many of lithium’s compounds are used as mood stabilizing drugs for treating and controlling manic episodes such as manic depression, bipolar disorder and aggressive or self-harming behaviour. Lithium would also be the quickest way to change erratic behaviour because of its atom structure. Lithium is a group one metal which is very reactive. This is because lithium has one electron in its outer most shell and has a goal to share/lend the electron in order to gain a full outer shell and become stable. Meaning that once the lithium drug is in the body it becomes widely spread throughout the central nervous system and interacts with neurotransmitter and receptors, decreasing norepinephrine (noradrenaline) release and increasing serotonin synthesis
