Better Late Than Never, Emma Mahony
Better Late Than Never, Emma Mahony
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Better Late Than Never
Understand, Survive and Thrive Midlife ADHD Diagnosis

Author: Emma Mahony, Sari Solden

Narrator: Polly Lee

Unabridged: 7 hr 20 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Tantor Media

Published: 04/11/2023

Synopsis

Everything—and nothing—changed once Emma Mahony was diagnosed with ADHD at the age of fifty-two.

In Better Late Than Never she seeks to reduce the stigma around diagnosis as an adult, and provides support for anyone who finds themselves in the same situation or thinks they may suffer from ADHD. Offering helpful advice alongside Emma's experience, subjects covered include:

● Seeking diagnosis later in life

● Getting a diagnosis

● How ADHD can present and how it varies between men and women

● Medication and self-medication

So much can be done to help sufferers of ADHD. This book will help you to survive and to thrive.

About Emma Mahony

Since her ADHD diagnosis, Emma Mahony has retrained as a teacher. She also works as a freelance journalist. Emma is the author of two books published by HarperCollins-Double Trouble (Twins and How to Survive Them), and Stand and Deliver (And Other Brilliant Ways to Give Birth). Her passion is to share her experience and what she has learned to help the growing number of people diagnosed later in life, to understand this complex disorder.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Alison

“... I may be late to the party, after a mid-life diagnosis, but I am grateful that I now have an understanding of some of the puzzles in my past. And can hopefully put that towards a more productive future. Better late than never.” Emma Mahony’s final words could have been written by me. Just over 5......more

Goodreads review by Steph

3.5 stars rounded up. It starts off like a book about ADHD but then sort of turns into memoir that get too broadly generalised, or in some cases leads to bad advice (eg. joining the military?! No thanks!). Most of it I couldn’t relate to, but the actual evidence-based bits were good.......more

Goodreads review by Laura

Basically, my only qualm with this book was that it was not read by the author. It was another great perspective on an adult who was diagnosed with ADHD and how they could find a way to not only survive, but thrive.......more

Goodreads review by Marnie

Loved it! It was perfect while navigating my own diagnosis. Thank you for sharing your journey.......more

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