Is there any point in getting officially diagnosed at this point?

It's clear that I am OCD and have been since at least my teen years and probably before. I have always counted things and wanted numbers to add up to '10', things like that. I am compulsively neat. I have dermatillomania (skin picking), intrusive thoughts. I am on Wellbutrin for depression and it actually seems to lessen the worst symptoms. It doesn't patricularly make my life terrible or stop me from functioning, so would there be any point to getting the official diagnosis at 42? Are there better meds?

I don't think Wellbutrin is usually given for OCD, but I may be wrong. Other antidepressants are usually prescribed -- I know that Zoloft is very commonly prescribed, Paxil, and Effexor.

OCD's pretty treatable through relatively short-term psychotherapy so you might want to look into that just to improve your quality of life. Find someone with experience in exposure and response prevention (ERP) if you're looking for a short-term fix to the problem. ERP works fast, especially if you work hard in between sessions.

OCD waxes and wanes for most.. you may want to go through a round of ERP now, while things are manageable, so you can deal with it should things start to get bad and interfere with your functioning.

I was officially diagnosed with OCD at age 41. It helped a lot to be officially diagnosed because I was able to get the treatment I needed. I had been diagnosed with panic disorder years ago. Paxil worked great with the panic disorder but did nothing for the OCD. Zoloft has helped greatly. I, also, get counseling. I have to work on it. I, also, found out when I went to the doctor I had other things wrong with me that I was chalking up to the panic disorder. I definitely recommend getting diagnosed.

There are many drugs that can be tried. Some will work better than others.