Eli5: Why is the medical treatment for people with ADHD/ADD often a stimulant?

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So, being a young adult with a suspicion of having some sort of the aforementioned, I’ve read that the treatment involves medicine of the stimulant sort.

Wouldn’t that make the underlying anxiety and restlessness worse? Or is it some sort of “shove” to artificial motivation, like making an old engine start up? Thanks in advance.

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The idea is that ADHD people actually have less activity in the part of the brain that you use to regulate yourself. Stimulants help get this part of your brain working so that people with ADHD can focus and self regulate the way most people can on a normal basis.

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