I agree about researching option regarding medications. They aren't a quick panacea.

This brought to mind as well some of the crud I had dealt with in my marriage to the point of asking my psychiatrist at the time, "Am I bipolar?" because hey that's what my ex was telling everyone. Oh she's moody, she's emotional, blah blah.....Was I depressed? Yes! Was I dealing with anxiety? Yes! But no, not what he was saying I was. That was HIS Projection. Guess who is? Guess who has a personality disorder??

I took meds for a small point in time in my life. They helped me reset my balance, so to speak. I was losing my mom and my marriage and living with three kids under 6/7yrs old. My PDoc(prescribing dr) and my T both agreed that the combination of both was valuable. But meds without therapy aren't as helpful whatsoever. He had me on an AD that also attended to my anxiety. Then I had an as needed anxiety during a point in time where there was a health scare.
First go to, in my opinion should be coping skills and cognitive behavior therapy which many therapists do utilise.