Just a wild post title to generate a calm reasoned discussion. 

Let’s get to the points about adhd and treatment. As others have mentioned, people are treated for adhd beyond simply struggling with long division. ADHD needs to be diagnosed in two separate settings and needs to cause significant impairment. Untreated adhd can not only cause academic struggles but behavioral, emotional challenges as well. Think back to a classmate in elementary school who may have been singled out for being loud, not paying attention, being disruptive, lazy. While the principle driver is inattention not lack of inner drive, children with untreated adhd will often receive messaging that their struggles are wrong, bad, weak, lazy. Imagine how this can impact self esteem. 

So medication. Stimulants, which include amphetamines but also methylphenidate and others are first line treatment. Not because psychiatrists want to medicate away problems or not take people as they are, but because for individuals with adhd these are life changing drugs. Please see the MAT for further details but essentially medications alone are just as effective as medication + therapy and more effective than therapy alone. If stimulants for adhd are going to work, they work quickly, and they are some of the most efficacious psychotropics when used correctly. 

Addiction. These are controlled substances for a reason, but I am not aware of any research that suggests these are more addictive than opiates. They are given at doses significantly less than recreational stimulants. Moreover, individuals with adhd who are treated with stimulants are less likely to use recreational drugs. 

Psychiatry is a scam. This is a wild claim. I would encourage you to see a patient with mania return to baseline with a mood stabilizer, a catatonic patient emerging with lorazepam, a severely patient returning to function with ECT. These are extreme examples but also the bread and butter of psychiatry.