Posting for traffic - DD forgot her medication and we’re at the airport

[VeryGoodVeryNice]

My DD (age 19) forgot both to take her antidepressant this morning, and to bring them with her. We’re about to board the plane to Amsterdam, going for a week. I tried phoning 111 and my GP, but neither could help (we were already through security).

Is there anything we can do when we get there to get an emergency prescription for her? If not the holiday is going to be a write off, I know from previous experience of her missing a day or two she gets awful withdrawals, and her dose has been upped recently so I’d imagine it’s going to be even worse. I realise any option is probably going to cost £££££ but I’d rather pay and save the holiday if possible.

Don't know if either of these Reddit posts are helpful?
https://www.reddit.com/r/Amsterdam/comments/6kswe9/sertralinezoloft_needed_urgently_please_help/

https://pillintrip.com/search_analog_sertraline-sandoz_in_netherlands

If you all ignore them they will go away….

FedEx would be about £100 to get it there by Monday evening I f someone has a key.

I would try to see a DR there if you have the nhs app showing her prescription.

No. We knew a 19 year old had forgotten her medicine and her mum was trying to sort it out because she was worried about what might happen in a few days.

The suggestion that the 19 year old go home and get them and join them later is not a ridiculous suggestion.

THEN came the drip feed about disability. Which puts things in a different light.

If she's taking only one medication daily, it might be worth giving her paracetamol without mentioning it. Sometimes, a placebo can work wonders, especially in the short term.

👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻 is there anything worse than smug, superior know-it-all parents when someone is asking a sensible question!

Hope you get it sorted OP.

Hear hear soup!

The 19 year old isn't going to post on MN for advice - so perhaps her mum is just asking for the hive wisdom.

Btw 00100001, it's fazed. Wouldn't normally correct someone, but it seems you're never wrong , so I assume you can take it on the chin.

I suggest going to a pharmacist in Holland asap. They will speak English, and know what to do.

My 19 year old would simply hop in the lab and whip up a new batch of anti-depressants. But maybe I'm a better parent than OP.

(Best of luck, OP. I know how stressful this is. Some great suggestions upthread)

Well stop fucking tagging me and telling me how irrelevant my posts are ..

Surely if you go to a pharmacy in Amsterdam they can contact your DD's pharmacy in the UK and get her prescription transferred and give her an emergency supply. But due to Brexit not sure now what happens.
Ring your DDs pharmacy and see what can be done.

So was it her or you who forgot them? If she's mentally a lot younger should she have had there responsibility to bring them? I'd suggest not if she forgot them.

Hi OP
I think the options have been discussed extensively but I will just add, my bag got lost when I went to Amsterdam last year, I was taking Citalopram at the time, I panicked but I took my prescription (I have NHS app) to a local pharmacy and they dispensed an emergency dosage. I obviously had to pay but I don’t remember it being a lot.

Eindhoven is a major city, long history of Brit employees due to Philips, so finding English speakers is easy ( they ignored my attempts at Dutch and spoke to me in impeccable English every time) A pharmacist will help you, I’m sure. Look for Apotheek. If your dd has NHS app and can show her prescriptions so much the better.

Thanks @Piggywaspushed you beat me to "fazed".

I would also not normally pull someone up but think well deserved in this case...

Good luck @VeryGoodVeryNice

There is also this place https://www.centraldoctors.nl/#close
which is based in Central Station in Amsterdam and caters for tourists but probably best to call and check before heading there

I do actually have some in my house but I imagine offering to post them would be a silly idea? SSRI withdrawal is hell and I'd happily help if I could.

Thanks for that

Sorry signal is really rubbish and just about to take off, so can’t see all the replies. Didn’t mean to drip feed, I was writing a post whilst carrying bags through a busy airport so only included the most relevant details to get my actual question answered, didn’t really have the time or headspace to write our life stories out.

Ask the hotel reception to guide you to either a pharmacy or doctor. You may be able to buy OTC there. In future (which you probs won’t ever need to know now!), the Boots should have been able to issue you an emergency prescription if you explained the situation - my husband forgot his medications (family emergency abroad) and that is how we got it sorted.
Fingers crossed it’s simple to sort

I have a very good friend did exactly same thing last year but going to Ireland not Amsterdam, but I can advise the postage courier option didn't work for her , she got her pet sitter send them, she arranged collection etc. then got notification goods were impounded just after collection, (told she could collect them), because they were drugs. I cannot recall what delivery service she tried use but it failed. her second option gp faxing through prescription didn't work as there is no EU and UK agreement, even UK pharmacy chains that are in Ireland like boots couldn't take her UK prescription, then she tried get it sent to NI but I cant recall why that didn't work possibly it would take till the following Monday and be 5/5 days off meds and that was a worry, at this stage she was panicking and pricing flights home, i was going to send my teen over to her with a new prescription if we got a cheap flight, in end she engaged their emergency out of hours doc service , who asked her the full history and asked how she forgot etc. what dosage how long on etc , gave her an emergency prescription emailed that evening to a local pharmacy.

Shes 19! Not a young teenager. How on earth do you forget to take your medication on holiday.