my parents i believe knew as a child i had adhd but since i got good grades they didnt want to medicate me which honestly i dont blame them but as i got older and went to college it became much harder because when i couldnt just get an a or b without trying i needed to be able to study at least at the time i was able to get the medication myself but it took me doing research and explainng to them that i dont just procrastinate its part of my adhd when i get overwhelmed i just have to ignore things that was a hard one at first for them to understand but i must say they might not get it entirely but im grateful they at least are supportive i did stop my medication for a few years because ofy anxiety but it does suck when people say well if you didnt procrastinate  you would have had it done a long time ago unfortunately there are just so many different symptoms and every person is different that its hard for people to understand even i didnt understand half of the things about my own adhd until i was an adult