ADHD & Eating Disorders: The Overlooked Link

2025-06-11

Why is ADHD so often overlooked in eating disorder treatment—and how can that gap cause more harm than healing? In this solo episode, Dr. Marianne explores the connection between ADHD and eating disorders, highlighting why traditional treatment approaches often fall short for neurodivergent individuals. You’ll learn how executive dysfunction, impulsivity, time blindness, and sensory sensitivities can all shape eating patterns—and why behaviors like binge eating, erratic meal timing, or food rigidity may reflect nervous system needs, not a lack of willpower. If you’ve struggl...

Why is ADHD so often overlooked in eating disorder treatment—and how can that gap cause more harm than healing?

In this solo episode, Dr. Marianne explores the connection between ADHD and eating disorders, highlighting why traditional treatment approaches often fall short for neurodivergent individuals. You’ll learn how executive dysfunction, impulsivity, time blindness, and sensory sensitivities can all shape eating patterns—and why behaviors like binge eating, erratic meal timing, or food rigidity may reflect nervous system needs, not a lack of willpower.

If you’ve struggled with meal consistency, emotional eating, or feeling unseen in standard recovery spaces, this episode offers insight and validation. Discover how neurodivergent-affirming and sensory-attuned eating disorder recoverycan help you reconnect with food in ways that actually support your brain and body.

🎧 Listen now for compassionate, shame-free support that centers your lived experience.

CHECK OUT OTHER EPISODES ON ADHD, NEURODIVERSITY, & EATING DISORDERS!

ADHD & Binge Eating Disorder on Apple & Spotify.
Overexercising, ADHD, and eating disorders via Apple and Spotify.
Set-Shifting, AuDHD, & Eating Disorders on Apple & Spotify.
The Complexities of Treating ARFID: How a Neurodivergent-Affirming, Sensory-Attuned Approach Works on Apple & Spotify.
Navigating ADHD, Eating Disorders, & Sensory Sensitivities on Apple & Spotify.

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