I am just like you. I've suffered from worry and anxiety for years, especially after my bout with alcoholism that left my brain and body depleted of nutrients and not functioning properly. I've tried so many medicines. While some seemed to work for a little while the side effects were almost worse than the original issues I had.

I know hops is a good herb for anxiety, as well as passionflower and even catnip, however they work very short-term and you have to take alot, which adds up at the register. Recently, I've found a site online(not sure if it exactly but you can search, 'healing mental illness with vitamins', and this doctor shows how many of our mental issues are due to vitamin and mineral deficiencies in the brain and body. These means are neurons are not firing off properly which leads to anxiety, depression, adhd and symptoms of mania and psychosis. Anyway, you can read more online but he suggests a whole regime of vitamins on his website.
I started a couple days ago and already feel better. Most of them are basic vitamins like b vitamins, multi and minerals that do not cost much and it's worth the investment. Like I said, I don't have the specific website but you can type in healing mental illness with vitamins and get lots of advice.
What he also mentioned was that sometimes psych drugs cannot even work properly if there are basic underlying deficiences..wish I would have been told that before ..by a doctor.. but our rda allowance for vitamins is only preventative just for major diseases..way less than we should be taking.
So, I'm trying that out...I"ll keep you posted on my progress.