How do we know where ASD ends and comorbids begin?

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My obsessive thinking is trauma-related, too.

Sometimes I have trouble focusing on things that aren't related to whatever special interest I'm obsessed with at the time.

This is a genuine problem for me. In the heat of the moment I find it hard to tell the difference between autistic meltdown, a panic attack, and an asthma attack. Each of the three needs different handling, and I often get it wrong.

It's not that I care about fridges. I had a kitchen renovation done and they changed the cabinets around so there was only a very specific size of fridge that would fit, and anything else would be too tall. I needed a size that didn't exist, basically. After delivery you can't return them if I got it wrong by as much as a millimetre. If I found one short enough they were always way TOO short which also meant too narrow, and it wouldn't fill the space and it would look stupid. I occasionally found some that weren't too bad in terms of size but they didn't have the other features I liked, or else they had bad reviews, or sometimes they were crazy expensive like $4500 for a stupid fridge. It was really frustrating and I couldn't just pick anything, but at the same time it was summer and our other fridge was already removed, so I couldn't delay in finding a new one. I likely spent about 36 hours straight scouring every website in the country and also trying to find one that was in stock and could be delivered for me asap.

Holly's hair needed to be right too. If I was going to commit to fixing her, I needed to do it right. It was Covid and I couldn't sample colours in shops because everything was shut so I spent about 100 hours online ordering colours from around the world and sending back the ones I didn't use.

Examples like these ^ are when the thing HAD to be right, but in normal daily situations I don't get like that and don't try to be perfect or obsess over anything. I'm very laid back and mellow and don't even make decisions most of the time. I just let stuff happen however it happens.

The test gives me 2 conditions -- neither which I have nor relate to at my best, and gives 7 conditions at worst in which most I could explain 'why'.

Those two conditions that shown to both times; tourettes and bipolar.

The former can be explained by the way I react to discomfort and ASD related issues.
The latter lean towards whatever psychiatric emotional hang ups, and cyclical metabolic issues I have.
Neither are 'severe' when I'm at my best, and at worst, it's just mostly emotional dysregulation related.

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My results:
1. Depression
2. Autism
3. ADHD
4. SPD
5. Dyscalculia

When I was diagnosed with ADHD about a year ago or more I ticked most of the boxes.

I rather consider myself as PPD-NOS, or BAP, whatever it is. It seems that BAP is common in my family but to me they are NTs, but with shyness, lack of confidence, and prone to depression and anxiety.
Sometimes I wonder if my dad is ADHD, even though he's not hyperactive. But hyperactivity doesn't have to necessarily mean being loud and extroverted.

With Isabella, I think it's quite normal, and understandable, to obsess over a fridge when you couldn't sample in shops and would have difficulties sending it back. I think anyone would be precise about that. I'd be stressed too if I were in that situation.
There are some things that you can't do as efficiently online as you can when you're there in the shop. I'd much rather go to the shop if I'm going to be buying something big and expensive.

What do you mean by tweaking behaviours?
At first I thought you meant twerking.