Am I Autistic?

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So I watched a documentary on Autism, and thinking back on my childhood, I think I exhibited a lot of signs. If I am on the spectrum I'd guess I'm on the low end and don't really feel the need to do anything about it, but I just wanted to ask if other people feel they might be "slightly autistic" and if it helped knowing.

One of the main things that got me was "A sign of Autism is a lot of playing alone, hand flapping, and leaping straight up when very excited." When I was a kid I was very engrossed in my action figures. I had whole stories that carried over from different play sessions and I hated playing action figures with other kids because they basically just based actions figures into each other like "MUH GUY IS THE STRONGEREST BECAUSE LASERS!". Anyway, when I got to exciting battles or moments in my stories I'd sort of leap up and hand flap. I liked to develop fight scenes and "rewrite them" to think of a better way out for the hero if the odds were bad. I once realized a baby sitter was sort of watching me do this and I realized suddenly "this is a weird thing to do in-front of people" so I stopped playing with action figures unless totally alone. I played with action figure secretly, probably at least until late middle school and never had a lot of friends. I still find myself actually enjoying toys when I babysit my nephew, I have to make sure I don't get carried away around adults. It's weird, I get like a genuine 'high' from playing with toys. But don't own any toys outside of childhood ones that are stashed somewhere in my attic. Yet I think I would actually play with them if it wasn't weird

I have a job and a gf now and a few friends, I'm kind of socially aloof, but I seem to manage. I'm well liked at work and good at interviews. Whenever I learn about autism though I keep finding these moments that kind of "click" with me and make me think, "damn, if I was my parent I would definitely get me tested"

Am I on the spectrum? Is autism over diagnosed?