Would you ever take anti anxiety medication?

[Jackalope]

As with other psychoactive medications, anti anxiety medications are not a "magic bullet", (i.e. pop a pill and all is fixed). The anxiety issue(s) should also be addressed through a non pharmaceutical method also.

This is absolutely true. Specifically with regard to anxiety, the pills can help you manage symptoms in the short term, while you learn skills and how to manage anxiety. You don't really want to use them as a long-term solution because they can be fairly impairing and trading anxiety for benzodiazepine addiction is a pretty shitty trade.