Anxious about starting medication

[my*lil*munchkin]

I haven't posted in this section before, so I'm feeling a bit nervous....
Anyway, I will try not to ramble on but just need a bit of...I dunno... support, advice, not sure really. Basically I just need to put all of my 'thoughts' on paper.
I've always been a worry wort but in the past few years that's turned to quite bad anxiety. The past few weeks it's been so bad & really effecting my day to day life I knew I needed to go & see my gp.
He's been my family dr for 20 years & one I trust emensley. Anyhoo, he prescribed me zoloft. (I was on that about 6 years ago for depression, but was only for about 12 months.) he also gave me sleeping tablets - which I've never taken before - as he said in the first few nights of taking the zoloft I may have trouble sleeping.
So now I'm feeling extremely anxious about taking the tablets that are supposed to stop me feeling anxious!!!!! I scared of how I'm going to feel on them, that they're going make me feel strange & vague, I'm scared of potential side effects. I'm scared I'm going to get addicted to them.... Oh boy I'm just so scared & overwhelmed :(
I'm contemplating not starting them tomorrow because of how I might feel on then....
Sorry I've raved on, I thought I'd feel better after getting if off my chest, but unfortunately I don't :(
Thanks for reading if you managed to get this far!

[JabberJaw]

Best thing is to just try them and see how you go.

Maybe get a notebook and note anything you feel is particularly strange and then discuss with your GP next time you visit.

You said you had them once before, did you have side effects then? If not i wouldn't worry to much.

As for the sleeping tablets, see how you go, you may or may not need them. I have taken sleeping pills short term before and never got addicted, infact i don't feel they even worked!!

Best of luck, i am sure you will be fine. The pills should help stop you feeling like you do so that can only be a good thing.