If you've had ongoing and unexplained chronic pain, fatigue, gut issues, dizziness, anxiety, dislocations, sprains or aching joints, you may be interested in this week's episode discussing the intersection of Ehlers-Danlos Syndromes, Hypermobility and neurodivergence.
This week’s ADHD Women's Wellbeing Podcast guest is Dr Jessica Eccles, a Clinical Senior Lecturer at Brighton and Sussex Medical School in the Department of Neuroscience. Her research is on brain-body interactions, particularly related to joint hypermobility. She is an adult liaison psychiatrist and consultant in the Sussex Neurodevelopmental Service and co-lead of their Neurodivergent Brain Body Clinic.
On today's ADHD Women's Wellbeing Podcast, Kate Moryoussef and Dr Jessica Eccles talk about:
- What is Ehlers-Danlos syndrome (EDS)
- The symptoms, challenges and advantages of hypermobility
- The link between (H)EDS, hypermobility and ADHD/neurodivergence
- Side effects of hypermobility
- The interlinks of hypermobility and neurodivergence
- Hormones, EDS and hypermobility frequency in women and how it presents differently in men
- Fibromyalgia, hypermobility and ADHD connections
- Pregnancy and hypermobility
- Diagnosing neurodivergence and hypermobility
- Making daily tasks and exercises more mindful to improve chronic pain
- Long covid, fatigue and hypermobility
- Using pilates to build a stable core to help with hypermobility
- Protecting ourselves from burnout
You can find Dr Eccles here on Instagram.
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Additional resources to support you:
Claire Smith's book
https://gptoolkit.ehlers-danlos.org/
https://www.potsuk.org/
https://www.sedsconnective.org/
Kate Moryoussef is a women’s ADHD Lifestyle & Wellbeing coach and EFT practitioner helping overwhelmed yet unfulfilled (many with ADHD like her) women find more calm, balance, health, compassion, creativity and clarity.
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