my brain won't slow down sometimes

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I have that issue sometimes when I am concentrating on a topic really hard before I go to sleep (and occasionally when I am awake). It can be useful though as I can often "see" a part of the problem that I had overlooked up to that point in time. I tend to solve problems and puzzles in my sleep since I was little. I found that if I watch certain forms of funny anime or tv shows before I go to bed, it generally stops this process from happening and allows me to get a more restful sleep overall.

I can relate. I have those exact same problems. I suggest you to do Yoga and/or breathing meditation techniques. That's been of great help to me.

I appreciate everyone's input. I feel like my symptoms match more closely with cyclothymia. My grandpa, my dad, and my brother all have adhd. I'm pretty sure my brother also has cyclothymia. He has the same symptoms that I have and he has struggled with keeping jobs and managing money. He is doing well at his current job. I have only ever been able to work part time. Full time is just too much for me. Working more than 20 hours a week is hard on me. If I don't get enough down time, my mood swings get worse. Traumatic experiences can make a mood disorder worse. Hence, my hospital stay last year. I wish had decent county mental health services, but I don't. It is really expensive and I can't get financial aid for an appointment with a psychiatrist. The sliding scale is only applicable to the medication itself. I was on quetiapine( Seroquel) for a couple of months after my hospital stay.

Yes and I have ADHD. Only ADHD no mood disorders.

I have pretty much learned to cope and structure my time better when that happens. For example I always always want to work at that time. But that made my boss think I get a lot of work done so he gives me more work. And then during the time when my brain is worn out I actually do nothing. Instead now I work only during the work hours and if brain is still on I read when i get home. Or I feel more social during that time so I go to group yoga sessions and chat with the ppl afterwards. After yoga I tend to feel more relaxed no racing thoughts.


Sometimes this feeling does make me dream of my work or whatever my brain is on about. I can’t help it so I meditate which helps.

I tend to be more at peace when my brain is not thinking about the task at hand so I try to segment it into what I’ll do at a certain time of the day. That way I feel more accomplished(when the task for the day is done) and my mind shuts out the thoughts of work until the next day. And I go through the rest of day and finish other tasks at hand like laundry or filling out forms or researching something(daily tasks outside work)

My brain slowed down a couple of days ago. I have slept really good the past three nights. My energy is low again. I took zquil so I could get some sleep last week. I had to basically force myself to do my chores. I think the fact that I feel my feelings so strongly contributes to my mood swings. School just started for my work. I usually get the back to school jitters but this year was the worst case of back to school jitters ever.

Sometimes, but I don't think it's to this level of extreme. It can be damaging to my sleep, sometimes to the point where I even have a strange and irrational fear of sleeping, but this only happens when I'm fully awake and my mind is often active. I largely just hope that doing something will eventually burn out the energy and that'll let me sleep but it almost never does.