Dr Jessica Eccles

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438 appearances 1 recordings 1 series first heard May 2026 last heard 4 May

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ADHD Chatter · Oxford Psychiatrist: The Fastest Way To Cure RSD! (New Research) · 4 May 2026 podcast

think is there something else going on is how are they you know is there some trouble at home at school is there something that can be adapted might they have are there any other signs suggestive of neurodivergence and if that was the case

Might it be worth evaluating so that the child can get the support they need to thrive and learn more about themselves?

So I saw this thing on Instagram, which I actually thought was quite wonderful about how to explain to a child that you want them to have an assessment for a neurodevelopmental condition.

And I think for a lot of people, there is a sense of sort of judgment or stigma.

And what this person who I think is called Neurowild said was all plants are different.

Some plants need lots of light.

Some need darkness.

Some need lots of water.

Some need to be dry.

And what we're trying to do by finding out whether you as a child are neurodivergent is to try and work out what sort of plant you are.

And when we know what sort of plant you are, we've got the operating instructions.

And I actually thought that was a wonderful analogy.

That's a tricky, well, impatience.

How do we work that out?

I think by being curious or a neurodiversity affirmative assessment, by recognising the pattern and also not punishing, you know, the fish for not being able to climb up a tree rather than swim in the sea.

Well, yeah, and we know that that comes at a huge cost.

And I think that that brain-body cost of...

of being different is hugely underestimated, but the chicken and the egg is also an important thing.

So we showed that children with autistic or ADHD traits age nine had higher levels of inflammation and that that was related to having fatigue problems when they were 18.

But it's a sort of chicken and an egg.

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