My doctor recently suggested i should start taking Zoloft but i am not sure.

I have read up on all of the side effects and it looks scary. I don't want to be dependent on drugs to function so I am going to go to a psychiatrist too. But i wonder what you're experience on it has been? I am very skeptical about going on them i am also going to school so the first few weeks of side effects will impact my grades. I am struggling with social anxiety and just normal anxiety.