How do I ask for Anxiety meds?

I am terribly unsocial, and I have really bad anxiety.  I see a therapist..but this can only help me so much.

My question is, is it hard to get medications for anxiety?

The doctor I have now ( i switched a little over a year ago) I've only seen him twice so far. I never mentioned that I have anxiety because I was there for completely different reasons. How do I bring it up to him? Am I supposed to  ask if there's any medication he can give me? I'm afraid he won't believe that I really need medication and that he'll try and set me up with a counselor, but I alreayd have a counselor I go to on my own time taht he doesn't know about.

Are they usually understanding and willing with medications for anxiety? and also, what are some side effects of more common ones I would be likely to be prescribed?

 

I would say that most physicians are quite willing to prescribe medications for anxiety, however you might be better off just seeing a psychiatrist for this purpose since they know all the meds very well and will help you find the right ones. A general practitioner is only just familiar with them enough to suggest some to try out.