Hi Lara,

Thank you for all this information! You know, my OCD wasn't actually that bad when I was in the fever stage of the illness (I didn't have the sore throat yet). However, I had the strep for about 2 weeks before I was diagnosed with it. I had a really horrible anxiety attack about 3 days before I went to the emergency room to get my sore throat checked out. And actually, the OCD continued to be quite bad while I was on the antibiotics (I just finished all of the medication today). I am finally starting to feel better (the therapy is definitely helping with that). I almost felt as if I was going out of my mind with this bout of OCD (it was a particularly frightening obsession). But now the symptoms are abating.

Thanks again for the useful info!