There probably isn't any real reason to take the anti-anxiety pill, although I'm certainly not as qualified as your doctor. However, I got some major tension headaches, and massages worked wonders. It's kind of hard to believe, but the pain is really just tense muscles, and that pain seems to cause more anxiety. Once the muscle tension starts to be relieved, you should feel much better, although if you're like me your muscles may be sore for awhile after they get loosened up, while they recover. And it'll take some time for the massages to really relieve your tension, maybe a few visits, maybe a few months worth of visits. And of course there is a learning process for how to remain relatively relaxed and not get tensed up again. I've found that the anti-anxiety pills don't allow you to learn how to prevent stress, so they're just a temporary relief, although I was taking different stuff than you.