Alternatives to antidepressants?

A few months back my dr prescibed Prozac and I wouldn't take it because there was a lot about it I didn't like. Now I went in and had told him that I didn't take it and he's very pushy that i take an antidepressant and now wants me on Paxil. These medications seem so dangerous and there's so much I don't like about them and don't want to take them. I do agree with him that my anxiety is taking over and I need to do something but I just do not want to take an antidepressant. They just seem like horrible addictive poison and will mess with my brain. I've had bad anxiety all my life and I'm not gonna take a pill every day for the rest of my life so this will only be a temporary thing but every single thing I read is saying its a nightmare to get off them as well, even the people who said they worked well for them but still had trouble coming off of them. Just looking for alternatives to what I could do to help instead of taking poison.
Alternatives to antidepressants?
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