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I take Escitalopram (Lexapro) for anxiety. At home you can get 6 months of repeats, and it's all pretty simple, however I am now an expat in Europe which makes it that much more painful to get Lexapro.

It's available here, but I hate having to find a doctor to get a prescription. The doctors consultation usually costs about 70-80€ (and they will usually only give you a prescription for 2 months worth).

I have found that it's available from a variety of sources without prescription. Thailand has many pharmacies that will sell you whatever you want, and when I stop there, I always stock up (Pre COVID-19).

Spain as well, the pharmacies are incredibly lax on prescriptions for certain things (they won't sell you anything addictive, but other things are easy). I haven't been back to Spain recently either for COVID-19 reasons.

There are also definitely grey market websites that one can use, much like there are for things like Modafinil, though it's less in demand.

All this for something that I need to keep taking (it's quite dangerous to stop).