My mind is always racing, too, and I also always thought that it was normal. If I am bored, it's daydream time! And sometimes those daydreams are worth writing down and turning into stories. So I always have a book with me or something to write with and something to write on. I have to be constantly highly stimulated intellectually to prevent boredom, so I keep myself hyper-preoccupied with classes and work and church. But how to organize those thoughts, especially at school and work??? And how to force myself to think about the things I HAVE to think about, like getting the bills paid and the mail answered and appropriately filed??? I haven't arrived yet as far as those things go.

Writing manually on real paper with a pen I find slows my mind down long enough to organize those thoughts, and many of those thoughts are worth writing down because they provide ideas for doing all those "executive functions" that are very difficult for us with ADHD, like planning. I also find that the act of writing things down manually helps me remember things I would otherwise completely forget.

I love red Gummi fish.

But anyway, if your thoughts scare you because you are afraid you might act on them, try journaling or turning them into stories. You might be the next Stephen King.

Or become a criminal profiler!

I like to try to write out short vignettes "in living colour," so to speak, and then eventually, when I have more time, turn it into a story. I have a few started stories which might someday get finished and published, but for now I am content with just getting them down on paper. I enjoy descriptive writing but don't really have the time or desire to try to write for a living yet. But it is an ability I have and enjoy.

If you feel angry or frustrated enough to act out the aggressive thoughts, then you really need some assistance managing that anger and aggression. My ADHD went undiagnosed for so long that I was operating at such a high level frustration all the time and all along I wondered why life was just so difficult all the time when I knew I wasn't "lazy, stupid, or crazy," as someone has said. Dont keep the anger in, and don't wait for it to explode.

I have a lot of trouble sleeping, too. I usually go until I am exhausted and HAVE to sleep. It's really extremely difficult for me to stay on any kind of a schedule, even ON Ritalin!! So Ritalin isn't helping me sleep any better, but it is helping me focus a lot better.