ADHD meds are the gold standard for medication efficacy. Truly life changing and miraculous for many kids.

My DH was ardently against meds for DS1. He was diagnosed with ADHD and didn't like the way he felt on the meds. It turns out that he has anxiety as well as ADHD and the ADHD meds would exacerbate his anxiety which made him miserable.

For DS1 on the other hand, we've only seen good results!

Any poster here on the BBB recommended the podcasts put out by ADDitude magazine and some of them are AMAZING. I highly recommend listening (if you can) to a few on medication. This one is really amazing:

http://www.additudemag.com/RCLP/sub/11889.html

Hope this helps!