hello my name is monique

i am a newly diagnosed 46 year old mum of 3 young men and 2 step young men. and have just started on mtx and plaquenil its quite a thing to actually write on this board and realize yes i actually have this ra and am actually posting something . after taking the dose of metx last week of 10 mg i was petrified after reading about all the side effects i felt fine , i took it at 10 pm in the hope i would sleep off any side effect i had read that on some of the forums here im due to take plaquneil on wednesay and start taking that twice daily does anyone have any advise on taking that too ? i hope by posting this it might help someone else who is feeling scared too as i think fear is one of the worst things of this illness next week is my second dose hoping to feel fine once again any help or advice out there greatly appreciated. so nice to have somewhere to vent