Panorama tonight - ADHD

I agree with magic! ADHD kids perhaps need the most skilled vigilent parents and teachers! I thought the whole point of medication was to 'slow' child down enough to start to develop impuse control, learn to inhibit inappropriate thoughts and actions, remember boundries, etc and learn.
Apparently the study was done at U Buffafo. I found the program deeply disturbing.

I thought the boy was badly behaved, ive one ds1 with adhd and ds2 adhd/asd. ds1 he peaditrion says he is what you call pure adhd. He has no behaviour problems but does suffer from lack of danger awareness,hyperactivity,inattention,poor memory,sleep difficulties to name but a few.
I feel children should be corrected despite their conditions and taught boundries. My ds2 is aggressive triggerd through anxiety but he is giving boundries and conquences. ADHD etc are not excuses to behave badly.

Did anyone else watch it? What did you think? Personally I would like to see the science behind the claims that medication was not in the longterm helpful. (Does anyone have the reference so I can look it up?) Does it mean that medication alone has no long term helpful effect or that medication in combination with behavioural therapy? I have seen very convincing evidence that giving severe ADHD kids no treatment at all is very bad for their long term health and happiness. I suppose the programme did highlight the (almost total) lack of support for families coping with ADHD.

My 18 yo watched the footage of Craig and said "he hasn't got ADHD- he's just badly behaved" and stomped out (he has ADHD himself)

Didn't know we could get priority at Alton Towers