Autistic and psychiatrist brought up OCD

This isn’t the first time someone has floated the idea of me having OCD, even my therapist said I fit the criteria, but in the past I’ve had doctors say my anxious thoughts only seem like OCD because of my autism, so I’m feeling really confused.

I was out on abilify, not specifically for OCD but this is my second week on it and I’m feeling better. I’m not sure if I’ll ever be officially diagnosed with it, I can delete my post if it’s upsetting, but living like this is exhausting.

I’m constantly worried about everything, and then the these worries built into panic attacks. It’s mostly financial or about something happening to loved ones, or being a bad person, or not being a real person, the list goes on

The more I read about peoples experiences with OCD, the more I feel that I might have it, and it would feel a lot better to put a word to it. At the same time I just have an echoing thought that it’s just my autism that makes life hard and there’s no way it could be both

So yeah. I’m just…sad and confused. Not because of the concept of having ocd, but because I’m not sure my parents would take me seriously if I did have it. My parents think nothing is wrong with me. Even though I was diagnosed with Asperger’s as a kid, they pretend like it never happened because I did well in school and got through college

Ugh