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/

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Have a look at some of Kate's workshops and free resources here.

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Have a read of Kate’s articles in ADDitude magazine here