Hello! I (30F) and as just prescribed Zoloft after dealing with crippling anxiety for the past 15 or so years. 

I tried taking medicine before, but I got so nervous thinking about potentially having a fatal heart attack/rhythm from the medicine that I always stopped in under a week. 

I’m tired of living with this anxiety, but taking the drugs just makes me more anxious than I already am.

Does anyone know how to cope with this? Specifically in the realm of being too afraid of death to choose a better life as a medicated person? 

Please help.