Bad stimming

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Hello, I would like to share my experience with you about my stimming. I read many of you have some sort of stimming which you enjoy and that relaxes you, but this is not my case. I have a stimming which pumps a lots of energy out of me. My stimming consist of taping my fingers together and jumping while thinking very strong about something (all kind of things: historical facts, the banking system, a jam on the highway) when I do that, I pump my energy in the back of my head, the same kind you would have by feeling extremely exited. It is comparable to a drug, the difference being that it is free, so harder to quit.
After I stim, I often feel that I no longer have joy, energy, intelligence, I feel that I'm really disconnected from my life.
This is the reason why I would like to stop or at least reduce a lot stimming, and to be able to control my energy better. I would like to know of some of you here could give me advices which could help me.

Thank you in advance.

I have that intense energy you're talking about. However, I never feel drained. I feel that sometimes the energy is too hyperactive for the context, so I take a stimulant called Concerta, used for my ADHD. It allows me to slow down, channel my energy and focus on life's everyday tasks.

Okay, what if you carry a tiny little notepad and write down some of your thoughts and in that way let them flow?

And, at the same time:

underdoing the stim,
scheduling time to stim,
etc.

That is, many of the same "tricks" smokers use to cut down or to quit, except you can be much more nonchalant and casual about the whole thing because stimming's not unhealthy!