It’s been 5 days since I started taking the first medications perscribed to me for my OCD and depression. I really don’t know what to say other than, this is only making me feel worse. Taking Seroquel before I go to bed to try to help me sleep under my psychiatrist’s advisement. Said to take it for a month or so, until we can see how the Zoloft they perscribed to me was working. Something to ease the tension. The first night it did just that. Knocked me out cold for 6 straight hours. Haven’t slept that long uninterrupted without waking up in a very long time. It only worked that first night though. It’s great for allowing me to fall asleep relatively fast, but I am still waking up constantly all night long. …I also seem to be suffering from a very unpleasant side effect. Urinary retention was not really something I was expecting. …going to the bathroom is as easy as point and shoot, no thinking or really any muscle involved. It’s become a labored effort that causes my kidneys to hurt now just to release. No one seems to be worried about it but me. “Phase of adjustment” “Wait it out” “It’ll probably get better, probably”. It’s painful, and creating more stress than it’s worth. It’s putting me in poor spirits, and that’s only making me more compulsive. Outside of that, it also feels like I can’t wake up in the mornings. My eyes are unusually heavy and my body is just drained. I’ll wake up a dozen or more times thinking “it’s time to get up now” but I won’t be able to, and just pass right back out. Been sleeping more against my will than I was when I was just feeling depressed and didn’t *want* to get up. Been spending so much time sleeping that I can’t even tell if I am having any side effects from the Zoloft. One day I was clenching my teeth a whole lot, but that seems to have stopped. My hands feel irregularly shakey, I hold them out and watch my fingers twitch every now and again. I can’t tell if I have headaches from all of the excess sleeping, or if something is just giving me a headache. I’m all out of sorts and feeling all the worse for it. The whole day before I took that first Seroquel before bed was great, happy, not so compulsive, good moods all around. Been stressed out every day since; my own personal resolve to try to stay in a good mood is all but gone. I can’t really fight back against the lethargy and apathy that spending every day asleep is causing, coupled with the additional pain and stress I am feeling when I *am* awake. I feel more lost than ever.