I really don't know which is why I asked because I know this is your field of work and study.
Kids are supposed to be playful and hyper.
Adhd exists on a spectrum, and yes they overdiagnose and overmedicate for it in kids that are sightly elevated with playful, hyper, and unable to concentrate... often times when thwu do the kid goes nuts because they arent actually adhd. Sometimes when they do it helps the kid to concentrate and succeed in school because they have minor adhd. Thats where for me there is a grey area because i dont feel it should be medicated at that point, i feel it can be controlled without it and the kid can learn to manage it. I feel at this point its squishing the personality out of the kid, because parents and teachers would rather not deal with it and they are also doing the kid a disservice because it would be much more beneficial to teach the coping skills long term
But then you have extreme adhd where the kid cant even hold a train of thought, cant sit for even two seconds and it impacts their lives severely in a negative way and would even if the rigors of modern schooling was eliminated. It makes then incredibly impulsive, prone to dangerous behaviors, violent outbursts, interferes with their ability to positively socialize especially with kids their own age, they cant learn and their own self image is typically horrible which can lead to other negative mental health outcomes like clinical depression and uncontrollable anxiety, just to name a few.
With those kids you give them meds and their whole lives turn around. Ive worked with a few of them. Its amazing the transformation but especially with how much happier they are, able to make friends, succeed in school, stop getting in trouble.
Meds have their place and while the field of psychiatry has its issues with how its currently practiced it is a valid discipline that when done correctly can seriously impact peoples lives for the better.
The issues with how its practiced imo all boils down to money. Incentives to doctors for prescribing certain meds, not enough funding through insurance for them to take the amount of time necessary to properly diagnose etc.