This list may not include all brand names. It is often said that stimulants sedate children because their brains are somehow different from adults. This is not the case.
Children respond to stimulants the same way adults do.
Stimulants help people with ADHD to learn. Medications for ADHD do not improve poor social skills. Amphetamines can also be used for a short period of time to help people lose weight. This must be part of an organized weight loss program. Amphetamines are only to be used by people who have failed other weight loss methods.