could the tantrums/outbursts be oppositional defiance disorder

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We are on another roller coaster with tantrums, emotiomal outbursts.bossines,

defiance.It has escalated worse as the summer goes onOur daughter is 6 and if

the worry of aparaxia, difficulty focusing and learning aren't enough,she goes

through periods(months)of really difficult behavior. It's almost like she's

losing her mind because the resistive behavior,antagonizing behavior, and

meltdowns seem so unreasonable.The school staff,even highly regarded dr.s(on

this forum),opinions are conflicting--SHE has apraxia, but one says the behavior

and focusing problems is adhd and wants to try ritalin,another says it's

executive function disorder with sensory issues and anxiety,and and now the

possibility of oppositional defiance has come into play.The most recent post

regarding meltdowns shows alot of the younger children are going through

this--which our daughter did, but as she gets older her ablity to verbalize,be

more phsical and stronger willed has come into play making it so incredibly

difficult to deal with. We were going to possibly cal the " ritalin " dr. this

week, but I read your post about tantrums and it makes me feel that we're not

alone,and maybe we should keep plugging through this. I worry because

schoolstarts in 4 weeks and this will greatly impact her ability to learn in 1st

grade. any input,nutrition suggestions siupport etc appreciated. Cheryl