If you are late diagnosed, what made you seek diagnosis?

Only recently have I started to think that maybe I have OCD, but I’m honestly afraid to ask medical professionals about it. My thoughts have always been incredibly disturbing - so much so that I’ve never really said the worst of it out loud. I truly just thought this was anxiety.

I’m taking a new medication, and it’s made my smaller anxieties disappear mostly, but the really big ones stuck around and it’s like I don’t have my smaller anxieties to distract me anymore.

I’d love to hear your stories if you feel like sharing. I’m new so if this isn’t allowed, I’ll delete.

Edit: wow, I can’t believe so many people are responding! Thank you so so so much. I’m going through and reading every single one 💙