[Zen888]

When I am at home and there is no one around I find myself laying on the couch trying to relax and all I do is lay there with all these thoughts, ideas, and memories racing around in my head. I don't talk aloud to myself just in my mind. I am starting to feel very annoyed by this because I cannot seem to relax and just clear my mind.

Has/is this happening to anyone else? Comments or Suggestions?

[BNLsMOM]

I have that when I am trying to go to sleep at night. Everything I try seems to work for a while, but the thoughts always seem to find a way through. I am not on meds yet, but the last couple of nights I have taken Advil PM and that seems to tire my body out enough that I fall asleep after just an hour or so of the thoughts. I think that is better than 2, 3 or 4 hours of the thoughts.

I hope that once I get some actual meds, that it will quiet those things a bit.

[Amazonmom]

It happened to me a lot before I got meds. The thoughts used to keep me from sleeping for hours at a time.

Right now taking my lithium before I go to bed reduces the thoughts and I sleep fine.

[Slothrop]

Sounds like the "racing thoughts" often described with bipolar...I can certainly identify with what you are describing.

Meds can definitely help. I think lithium made an especially noticeable difference in my case. It doesn't keep you from thinking, just gets things to a more manageable level!

[Bats0711]

Originally Posted by Zen888

When I am at home and there is no one around I find myself laying on the couch trying to relax and all I do is lay there with all these thoughts, ideas, and memories racing around in my head. I don't talk aloud to myself just in my mind. I am starting to feel very annoyed by this because I cannot seem to relax and just clear my mind.

Has/is this happening to anyone else? Comments or Suggestions?

Yes this is me not on meds, to a T. The only thing that has worked for me recently is listening to music with my headphones on. For some reason it helps with me not paying attention to all the thoughts, sounds and humming in my head.

[Amazonmom]

I can always tell if I am hypomanic because I BLAST my music in an effort to get away from the storm of thoughts.

Originally Posted by Bats0711

Yes this is me not on meds, to a T. The only thing that has worked for me recently is listening to music with my headphones on. For some reason it helps with me not paying attention to all the thoughts, sounds and humming in my head.

[sweetpea_tx]

My thoughts get to racing badly sometimes, and I admit, I do occaisionally talk to my dog. I know that he doesn't understand, but it just helps to get some of it out of my head. With being mixed at present, my thoughts seem to go either lightspeed or a snails pace, depending on which way I'm leaning.

[Berries]

I can relate. That is me exactly when not on meds. Anti-psychotics are what work for me. Seroquil is good. Prolixin helps. Clozaril does too. These are the 3 thay i've been on before. Right now I am on both seroquil and prolixin.

Do you have a pdoc?

I have also found, when not on meds, that benedryl helps me get sleepy, and relaxation tapes help with the thoughts.

[ToolandAPCrocks]

Originally Posted by Zen888

When I am at home and there is no one around I find myself laying on the couch trying to relax and all I do is lay there with all these thoughts, ideas, and memories racing around in my head. I don't talk aloud to myself just in my mind. I am starting to feel very annoyed by this because I cannot seem to relax and just clear my mind.

Has/is this happening to anyone else? Comments or Suggestions?

I tend to do that too... I just reasently diagnosed with Bipolar NOS (Still confused about it... o.O) but yeah. I would find myself thinking about the past when I was growing up and normally bad memories... talking to myself about them and such. Listening to music and crying... I don't know either. I guess it's sort of a way of letting it out, writing it down, but talking about it.

I probably didn't help sorry

[romanjames2004]

I do that all the time. sometimes I will just pace from one end of my living room to the other. I will do it for like 3 hours straight. I didn;t think this was somehting bipolar people did. My Dr. said it could be my anxiety or OCD.