I am a physician, and have seen a lot of kids truly benefit in enormous ways from medical therapy for ADHD. One adult colleague of mine who needs medications to focus describes it as "the difference between seeing the world through an old, staticky TV antenna signal and through HDTV cable." It is true that medications aren't always easy to titrate, nor do they always work, and sometimes the side effects are unacceptable. However, there are lots of kids for whom just a low dose of a single medication makes a huge difference.
Best of luck, and I hope all goes smoothly and well.
