Identifying ASD Characteristics

I have been recently diagnosed high functioning autistic and thought all of the following listed would invalidate my diagnosis. I thought all this was from the ADHD, Bipolar, and GAD diagnosis since I have never been diagnosed autistic. I always had very strong obsessions, sensory sensitivity, hyperfocus or trouble focusing, unable to control emotions, extreme discomfort with social events and gatherings, always feeling safe with headphones(even when not listening to music), not liking to talk a lot or at all, etc. I have been thinking there was something my psychiatrist and I were missing, but since I am biologically female, he didn’t see it as a form of autism since it different in females than males. I thought it may have been autism, but there is so much I related to but never really thought if this was all true and real to me. It was very overwhelming to understand.

I have audio sensitivity, light sensitivity, and texture sensitivity. I was recently diagnosed high functioning autism and I wasn’t sure what all to expect.