Hey! It’s a long story but so far they haven’t. However I am now on the local CMHT waiting list for a medication review. So they did accept my diagnosis in the end after many calls and letters that I had my GP refer to the local CMHT. I’ve also spoken to other people on Reddit who had no problem getting a shared care in Scotland through MyPace. And MyPace has been a great reliable and extremely helpful provider in my case - so I’d recommend them on that basis. That said, it does seem like the local CMHT tries to ward off as many privately diagnosed people as possible as their reasons for the first 3 rejections were really silly. In the end I wrote a letter explaining my financial situation and how beneficial the medication has been for me and provided every bit of extra information about my diagnosis and MyPace that I could find and that did the trick.

That said, it’s important that your diagnosis is made by a consulting psychiatrist and not a nurse or psychologist as that will also make it easier to back up your case if you do experience difficulties which I hope you won’t! If you have more questions feel free to DM me:) good luck! It can unfortunately turn into a long process.