I stopped talking to my mother because she shows indifference and lack of compassion about my condition—and all add sufferers for that matter.
She is a strong business woman, who sees every thing objectively Basically, she took me to a neurologist who put me on some meds that made me really sick, and when I asked for her emotional support she said “ Can you imagine, you’re weak, and you want me to be weak with you? Where do you think we both will end up?..... Stop taking the meds if you want, but you are going to try to find another way to act like an adult”
She is not satisfied with the effects ADD meds have on me, even though I feel happy. I never spoke back to her comments before, until yesterday. She was visiting me, and I yelled at her pretty badly….and made her cry. 
Now, I hurt and feel guilty because I know that she won't speak to me unless I apologize for speaking to her like that.
My mother is also very professional, objective and "practical". Going to her for advice makes things worse instead of better. She makes me feel like a lazy good-for-nothing.
I just don't bring it up. I don't talk about my daily challenges with add. She just likes to get mad and yell and tell me how I should have done something, which in hindsight are good ways of going about stuff, but not always the methods I may choose, and not always the easiest for someone with add.
This is when I just walk away, and since I started just walking away, things have been more peaceful from my perspective.
That is sad my heart goes out to you, and at least you have all of us for support. Have you ever tried to tell her how she makes you feel? It is worth a try we only get one set of parents in this world. Good luck
Something that helped me with my parents was to stop looking at them as "parents" and just start looking at them as people with their own assets and weaknesess, their own good feelings and insecurities, etc. They have as many insecurities as I do - they've just had longer to deal with their own.
In my circumstance, another thing that helped my relationship tremendously was becoming financially independent. It creates more of an even playing field and also helped me to feel better about myself.
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