My daughter is grown now with kids of her own.
But when she was in 2nd grade, being a rambunctious child, we were called in to her elementary school for a ‘talk’ with a school counselor about her behavior.
He suggested that our child be put on some ‘medication’ to facilitate her education.
I threatened to throw the bastard out the window.
We never heard from them again.
She graduated HS with honors.........
I have a cousin who had ADHD (he's adopted, I suspect Fetal Alcohol Syndrome, but that's just an opinion). His (adoptive) parents did everything they could think of.... to no avail. So, they relented and put him on medication and the difference in his grades was immediate. He went from D's and F's to A's and B's, overnight. And, he took up extracurricular activities to boot. Wound up with a Master's Degree and teaches "at risk" students in the inner city. A classic success story. I've watched him work with kids, and some of the stuff he does is nothing short of miraculous.
That's one. Out of what - several dozen? - kids I've known over the years who were medicated. IMHO - again, I'm no doc - the rest just needed to have parents who were interested. And, not afraid to sit on the occasionally. And, most important, educators who were not afraid of a challenge.
Meds - except for a specific few - are the lazy way out. Truly, we will reap what we sow.