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    To be blunt, unfortunately they will never understand!!! Believe me I understand the frustration. It is just impossible accomplish. They can go to one of your doctors appointments or read information but they will still never understand. Trying to explain I have found just makes it worse. My parents blame medication for my symptoms even when I had symptoms not on meds (makes no sense).     What you are really looking for is ACCEPTANCE of who you are. I'm sure their are way more positives than negatives. Your boyfriend sees this or he wouldn't be with you.     Don't justify your medication for ADHD to anyone, that is between you and your doctor. ADHD includes many gifts. I am very sensitive too. Just don't lose site of those gifts and everything should fall into place. (I'm trying its hard.) You have positives that you need to believe in and they will see eventually. It seems as though it probably isn't you but the fact that their son is in love and they are possibly being overly protective.    ADHD is a gift. Focus on that. Your boyfriend is with you and accepts you. So if you stay together either his family will eventually accept you or they won't. Who knows. Just focus on the positive in yourself. Everyone has things they aren't good at whether it is focus or their handwriting. If a diabetic has to take insulin then they take it or will possibly die. ADHD is a medical issue and treated with meds in the same way. I hope this helped. I'm going through this myself. It's hard.