I think it should be thought of as a tool to give you time to practice behaviors that would help decrease anxiety. If you're doing therapy, they can teach you techniques to cope and you can use medicine to 'help you out'.

I take something for anxiety too, but can't take benzo's. They had the opposite effect on me. Regardless I'm still trying to learn ways to cope with anxiety because I'm taking such a low dose that it only takes the edge off...and this I don't mind.