Would you ever take anti anxiety medication?

[MentalGiant]

No. I hate doctors and have a healthy distrust of pharmaceuticals. Even more so seeing the kind of 'doctor' I have to pay hefty ransoms to have listen to me and pretend to give a shit about my problems. Working through your problems to gain a healthy perspective on your own is hard, but no one knows better than you do the who, what, when, where and why you are at this point having these problems. And even more importantly, no one else knows better the right solution/steps to take to move forward to have a happy, productive life again. I have found meditation to be most helpful in exploring, confronting and coping with anxiety personally, especially when it comes to figuring out things to try in day to day life to get my anxiety levels down without pharmaceutical drugs or other intoxicants. 

I never found pharmaceutical DRUGS (lets call them what they are) to be 'miracle fixes' or particularly helpful either. They were little more than legal intoxicants that numbed the pain a bit and made you just fucked up enough to not give a shit at a about your problems ATM but still able to function well enough in daily life. A very small step up from street drugs if you ask me. They didn't help anything on any meaningful level though, if anything they impeded the ability to critically think and figure out how to move forward on a longer timescale than your next appointment. But that's how psychiatrists make their money- throwing pills at you like candy and hooking you into 'therapy' indefinitely. They wouldn't have a job if they actually fixed your problems seeing as the continuation of your issues is their source of income. That's just my opinion though. Everyone has to do what they feel is right for themselves.