maria, yes it could be, his actions are some of the same things my son was doing when he was first diagnosed w/adhd when he was 4 years old. hi my name is heather, i have a son who will turn 10 this dec. 3rd.  he was diagnosed w/adhd when he was about 4 in half, he was diagnosed by the pediatriction that he went to, she said that she knew since he had adhd when he was bout three in a half 4 yrs. old.  the day i went to her to ask her for the meds is the day she told me that she knew he had it all along & was waiting for me to bring him in & ask for the meds.  i told her that i wasn't wanting the meds, but his daycare provider at that time asked me if he had it & if he could be put on a low dose of the meds.  he was being very aggressive & nasty towards the other kids in her in home based daycare that she has at her house.  i told her that i would ask his pediatriction & she said yes, so he was put on a low dose of ritalin (i think he started off w/10mg tablets) & that did help him alot & she saw an improvement in his behavior & attitude at her house.  my son's aggression towards me/others however over the years had gotten worse, we now see a family psychologist that deals w/children & their immediate family members that have a member who has adhd, he also sees adults that don't have any kids, but his speciality his children & familes w/children/family member that have add/adhd.  i would recommend (even though i'm just a single mom not a professional by any means) make an appt to take him w/u to see a psychologist who specializes in dealing w/children & their families who has a member that has add/adhd & if that person thinks that he needs to be on some sort of a medicine have that person recommend a psychiatrist that also specializes in children & adults.  my son & i started seeing the psychologist that we see in january of 2007, cause my son's adhd w/behavior & aggression issues spiraled out of control at school (he never hit anyone or injured himself or others, he just threatened to) & the school spec. ed coordinator & spec. ed teacher said that i should take him to see a psychologist & then have that person recommend a psychiatrist to deal w/his meds on a mnthly basis.  so i did & the psychologist did recommend that his pediatrican stop dealing w/his meds & behavioral issues cause she had done all she could & that he needed to see the psychiatrist once a mnth to do mnthly evals on how he's doing on his meds instead of every 6 mnths w/the pediatrican, so in february of 2007 was our first visit w/the psychiatrist.  i have grown to like the psychologist that i now see on a one on one basis cause i was total stressed out last sept. & called him & said brian something gotta give cause i'm about to loose it & he said that he would call me if he got a cancellations or reschedule & could fit me in.  he called me on the last friday in sept. & said that he had an opening on monday oct. 1st & i said i'll take, so i see him one on one for a mnthly visit by myself & my son only see's him every other mnth unless he wants to do a family session instead.  and if it's my son's appt. but he doesn't need to see him & i do need to see him again for a sec. session that mnth then i take my son's appt. & i don't have to switch the appt. from my son's name to mine he tells me to leave it as is w/my son's name (i've only had to do that once or twice though).  then last july 2007, he told me that i had add & that this was the 3rd time & last time that he was telling me to see the psychiatrist to get me on some form of a medicine to help me deal w/my son's issues, he put it in our notes & then the following week when we saw the psychiatrist, i asked her if he had put it in his note & passed it along to her & she said yes he did & that he was right that i did have add & she was also just waiting to see if i would say anything on my own or til the psychologist put it in his notes & basically forced me to make a one on one visit w/her to get on some meds myself.  so in aug. of 2007 i saw her for the one on one consulataion & was put on a medicine, it has helped out alot.  it's also helped out alot by me being on meds & seeing the psychologist on a once a mnth basis.  my son's adhd w/behavioral & aggression isn't so bad now as it was when we first started the seeing the psychologist & the psychiatrist, don't be scared take the first step & get your childs behavior nipped/under control so you don't have to deal w/it when your child gets older & it really spirals out of control like my son's just about did (my son was about to steps away from a major meltdown when we started seeing the psychologist & the psychiatrist).  it also makes life easier for you if you have good family support & good school teachers (classroom & spec. ed teachers) that help you along the way.  last oct. 2007 when my son & i had to move to another town, i didn't transfer my son to a school in that town when we moved there cause i loved the teachers & support staff that i had at his school he was attending when we moved out of the town that he was going to school in.  well make a long story short on may 1st of 2008 my son had to start school at a brand new school to him in the town that we presently live in, which was very hard for me to do cause, i thought that i was going to have to loose my great school support that i have had ever since my son started seeing the speech & language teacher when he was in kindergarten.  well i didn't have to loose the support teachers (the support teachers where the  spec. ed coordinator/spec. ed teacher & the reg. spec. ed teacher) that my son went to when his behavioral wasn't acceptable to be in a regular classroom setting w/his friends/classmates.  the school he had to move out of only had 24 kids in the whole grade including my son & the new school he started at on may 1st 2008 had 2 classrooms for each grade & 24 kids in each classrrom.  i still keep in touch with the support teachers at his old school w/the smaller classroom of only 23 kids (now that my son's not in that school anymore yet), cause they have helped me out so much since my son's behavior had started to spiral a tiny bit when he was in 1st grade (he will be starting 4th grade this coming tues. on sept. 2nd 2008), so those support teachers know what sets my son's behavior off & what it takes to snap him out of it in a school setting, so that's why i love them so much & hated to move my son out of that school.  my goal is to have my son back into that smaller school by sometime in february/march of 2008.  i sent the spec. ed teacher an email last night telling her about our summer & that her little buddy as she calls my son wouldn't be returning to her school quite yet & that my goal was to hopfully have him back to her school sometime in february/march of 2009, i also told her that i would keep her posted on how my son's doing at school & at home til i get him back into her school that she teaches at.  so as i told you i'm a single mom w/add myself who has to deal w/my son's adhd & his behavioral/aggression issues on my own, so if you are also a single mom don't be worried, go after the help & get it, cause it makes a world of difference, i'm not telling you this to be a smarty pants, i'm telling you this from the experiences that i have already went thru & dealt with.  i know wish that i would of started see the psychologist for family sessions along time ago before the time that we started seeing him for family sessions.  and on top of all of this my mom passed away in january of 2004 & my son & her where best of pals & she helped me out alot when she could w/my son, so as you can see it has been sometimes a rough last 4 years for myself & my son & we probably should of started seeing the psychologist shortly after my mom passed away, but i thought we where doing okay on our own w/the support of my family & the teachers at my son's old school he had went thru since he started off in 4 year old kindergarten (my son is starting his 6th year of school this school year).  well i hope this does give you some good answers & advise to go by on your decsion on what to do to help w/your child's behavioral/aggression issues.  you are going to really like this website, i absolutely love it.  take care, heather & son kaleb