Rob Curtis and his ADHD journey!

Today's guest on You Care, I Care is Rob Curtis, Founder of The Pursuit Agency who joins me to discuss his journey with ADHD.

We talk about how he was as a child, into his teenage years, how he found out that ADHD was a possibility for him and how he uses it as his 'superpower' in his business!

Rob shares that it's thanks to a friend of his that he even looked into ADHD as a reason for him being the way he was - constantly active, constantly on the ball and unable to switch his mind off! This conversation with his friend made him realise that he hyperfocuses on things which is a symptom of ADHD and then he fell down the rabbit hole of essentially self diagnosing himself before he was able to go down the official route.

He also shares how as a student he was never the naughty child at school but he didn't have the focus that a lot of his classmates had. He couldn't sit still and his parents enrolled him into every club they could to use up his energy including swimming, football, karate and more!

One of the things we talk about is the process to getting a diagnosis. Rob started the process through the NHS but dye to Covid-19 the wait list meant that it would be a couple of years before he could get a diagnosis.

Rob then decided to start and focus on The Pursuit Agency that he decided to choose to take the private route to diagnosis so that he could improve life for his family. He shares how the platform he chose to use has recently had some bad press but when he started his process with them he found that they were very professional and explained how he got a call with someone that was only supposed to be for one hour and he was talking with the professional for two and a half hours.

Rob talks about how getting the diagnosis has made him feel, how he's felt since then and his journey with getting his medication just right!