I have had anxiety for 20+ years and the only medicine that I have tried has been benzodiazepines, which I get maybe 10 times a year when my anxiety is so bad that I have to go to the hospital.
These only make me a bit sleepy, but other than that they don't really cause any discomfort.

Now my psychiatrist wants me to try something called Pregabalin, and I am absolutely terrified of taking them. The list of side effects is three times longer, and the list of "common side effects" involve things like loss of sight, chest pain, cramps, loss of memory and edema. "Uncommom symptoms" involve "sudden heart failure". I am alone and have no familly and friends. I am so scared of taking these.

How do you guys handle new meds when you are alone?