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It's because of the way that the human brain is wired. when a normal person takes a stimulant, their brain releases chemicals that boost the mental activity. When a person with ADD/ADHD takes a stimulant, their brains respond to the chemicals by slowing down. A simple metaphor would be that the wires in the brain are backwards for ADD/ADHD persons.

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