ADHD and hypermobility - do you have both?
I recently learned that there’s a connection between these and that quite a lot of people who are hypermobile also have ADHD and/or other forms of neurodivergence as a comorbidity. I always knew I was hypermobile, but in recent years it has caused me a lot of problems: pain from shifted ribs or vertebral blockages, multiple aching joints without any trauma, and regular physiotherapy prescriptions. As a child, I sprained my ankles very often or broke fingers and toes - maybe hypermobility with loose joints is one reason that many ADHDers seem to be clumsy? Now my orthopedist wants to have me tested to see whether I have a hypermobility syndrome or even hypermobile Ehlers–Danlos syndrome — a connective tissue disorder with varying degrees of severity. Either way, I’ll definitely need to work even more on my joint stability in order to become and stay pain-free. I’m curious: is anyone else here hypermobile or even diagnosed with one of the syndromes? How do you live with it, and what do you do to help your bones stay where they belong?
This is my first post comment! You blew my mind there. Never heard about the link before. Hypermobility was my first diagnosis, at about 9yo. My ADHD diagnosis arrived only 20+ years later (classic :/ ) and have been connecting the dots between lifelong mental and physical struggles since. Yesterday at training I hurt my little pinky :) Someone came up to me to check if I was ok, I said yes, I just have gummy knuckles :)) and she said "me too!" And showed me how she bends her fingers (same as I can, classic bar trick- I asked can you do this? Pointing feet inwords in 200 degree angle and she said of course! And did the same, and then I asked do you... do you have ADHD too? And she said OBVIOUSLY! I'm truly flabbergasted by this. I could go on but my feet are getting numb and I snoozed my drink water reminder twice so that's for now ;))))))