545- The Surprising Association Between ADHD & Inflammatory Disorders

ADHD Experts Podcast

ADDitude

Hallowell, Adhd, Mental Health, 504, Add, Iep, Deficit, Additude, Medication, Disorder, Attention, Health & Fitness

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🗓️ 4 March 2025

⏱️ 64 minutes

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Summary

Join James Kustow, BMBS, MRCPsych, to learn about the emerging research that may explain ADHD’s unexpected associations with inflammatory conditions like allergy and autoimmunity — and a surprisingly strong link with hypermobility syndrome.

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0:33.9	Welcome to the Attention Deficit Disorder Expert Podcast Series by Attitude Magazine.
0:44.2	Everyone, I'm Carol Fleck, and on behalf of the Attitude team, I'm pleased to welcome you to today's ADHD
0:51.9	expert's presentation titled The Surprising Association
0:56.2	Between ADHD and Inflammation. Leading today's presentation is Dr. James Coste.
1:03.8	Dr. Costo is a London-based psychiatrist and one of the few adult ADHD specialists
1:09.9	in the UK's National Health Service. He's the medical director of the few adult ADHD specialists in the UK's National Health Service.
1:12.8	He's the medical director of the growth practice, an internationally respected mental health
1:18.6	training provider. He's also a trained integrative psychotherapist.
1:24.6	Dr. Kistow is the author of How to Thrive with Adult ADHD,
1:29.2	Seven Pillars for Focus, Productivity, and Balance.
1:33.6	And like many of you, he was diagnosed with ADHD as an adult.
1:38.4	If you support the work we're doing here at Attitude to strengthen the ADHD community,
1:44.0	we encourage you to visit
1:45.2	attitude mag.com slash subscribe and sign up for Attitude Magazine.
1:51.4	Finally, the sponsor of this webinar is Inflow. Living with ADHD and dealing with
1:57.4	inflammation related challenges can be overwhelming and exhausting.
2:01.8	Inflo gets it.
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