Still Distracted After All These Years

Help and Support for Older Adults with ADHD

By: Kathleen G. Nadeau PhD PhD

Narrated by: Susannah Jones, Kathleen G. Nadeau PhD PhD

One of the foremost ADHD experts tackles adult cases in the aging generation and offers a practical, helpful guide for those with and without a diagnosis

Do you…

• Forget to pay bills
• Live in a disorganized environment
• Struggle with depression and anxiety
• Procrastinate on projects, even ones that initially excite you
• Have high levels of conflict with those close to you
• Have a child diagnosed with ADHD and/or a family history of learning disorders

If some of these patterns sound familiar, you may have undiagnosed ADHD. ADHD in adults is one of the most common disorders. Living with ADHD in our later years is hugely influenced by multiple factors: co-occurring issues, such as anxiety, depression, low self-esteem, and learning disorders combined with a heightened level of stress, the presence or lack of support from others, and the number of people we are responsible for, can complicate and intensify the effects of ADHD.

The good news is that you’ve come to the right place to learn more about how older adults with ADHD can lead calmer, happier, more productive lives. Dr. Kathleen Nadeau, a foremost authority on ADHD, has been working with this underserved and underrepresented population. Dedicated to the health and wellbeing of today’s older adults with ADHD, Still Distracted After All These Years offers strategies to build a support system, gain better control over your daily life and create a more ADHD-friendly retirement.

Great content!

Helpful specifically for older adults with ADHD. I feel more informed, supported, affirmed, and empowered. I loved the author's voice in the preparatory chapter and wish she had read the whole book.

Diagnosis at 61 thank you

Seems like I learned everything backwards and find workarounds after the fact. Hyperfocus helped me to listen to 33 audiobooks about ADHD since last July.  “understanding girls with ADHD” was my third book. I really appreciated the information there it really spoke to everything I had been through my entire life.  thank you for turning the focus on older adults.

Eye Opening

I was diagnosed late in life. I was 53 in 2018 when I told for the first time a licensed professional whom I trust that I had ADHD. I was another 2 years before I was taking meds and seek strategies for coping with symptoms. This book added to that journey in a very meaningful way. I have sent my daughter and brother copies. I will definitely have to listen to it again to get all it truly holds. Thank to the moon and back for writing this. I can’t tell you how many ways it has helped make my life better.

Wrong. Drugs aren't the answer

Yes, we all need stimulants but not drugs. The stimulants we need are produced inside our bodies and activated by strenuous exercise, like distance running. Also, the cure for boring curriculums and tasks is not drugs but either a better curriculum, suffering through the boredom, or coding away the boring stuff or paying someone else to do the paperwork.
The author is all about the status quo and supporting the belief that millions of people should be on psychotropic drugs 😔 She's deadly wrong.