I tried an anti-depressant for a short while but finally decided that with what I was going through I ought to be depressed and it was normal. The issue became how to fix the problem - which eventually got worked out.
I read a great article a while back written about these drugs. The doctor that wrote it said that anxiety is good for you as it forces the mind to execute problem solving to relieve the anxiety instead of just taking a pill and medicating your way into putting off the solving of the problem.