The medication is supposed to act as training wheels while the patient adjusts his thinking.
Rule #1 - how we think determines how we feel
Rule #2 - how we feel determines how we act. Remember what you were able to do thinking-wise while on the medications. Those same skills will work.
If anxiety impedes in life function, it's a disorder. Healthy anxiety would be - walking alone in a dark, unfamiliar area. Your antenna are up - fight or flight. It's understandable that one would be on edge - it's a situation that can go in any direction. That feeling is common to everyone and every animal.