I have racing thoughts. Should be sleeping already. It’s like my head is in an F1 race. Took my sleeping pills 30 minutes ago. Maybe I need more of them. I will wait for one more hour and then I hope my head will crash into sleep.
How do you stop racing thoughts?
I don’t. I don’t try to sleep anymore, although I hope for you that your sleeping pill works. I sleep better when I allow my mind/body to not sleep if it doesn’t want to, so to speak. It’s hard on days when I have to work, but I seem to manage it, and I’ll usually only have one night at a time with absolutely no sleep. I guess my advice would be to not panic. Relax and your body will sleep at some point. If it goes days in a row, then I would talk to a doctor about a better sleep-aid.
A benzo might help if it’s an occasional thing.
My Mum always recommends writing thoughts down if they are keeping you awake.
Although that may be difficult if they are racing through your head.
I let them run out.
“Sleep is for comfort. Rest is for health.”
I finally fell asleep last night. But I feel like I’ve been in a train accident now. Not much resting for my body tonight. Or head. My mind is still racing.
Yesterday I had so much anxiety at work that my hands were shaking really bad. I told my co-worker I had too much coffee. He said ok. I had only two cups yesterday.
We’re they strong coffees, with espresso shots, or just instant coffees?
Normal cup of coffee. I drink that every day. Morning and lunch.
My hands shake from adrenaline sometimes. If I’m stressed or overly tired, etc. My students notice it and comment or ask about it. I just tell them it’s a shaky-hands day, oh well… 
I have found from long experience with all kinds of coffee that it is best not to partake of caffeinated beverages at all.
I will only have my morning coffee from now on. Let’s see if it gets better.
I call it “stimulus overinclusion”. Racing thoughts, huh? Mine sure race. I’m really trying a little mindfulness with meditation. I also take 1mg of Xanax 3x a day. At night, I take Trazodone. Can’t take too much of it because one night, in the bathroom, I took a nose dive and bashed my head into the wall which hurt my entire body. Made a hole in the wall! I guess I must have been dizzy enough to pass out briefly. So I only take a certain amount of Trazodone which does help me sleep. Before bed, I turn everything on low or off, a dim bedlight, soft music sometimes, prayers to God, relax, breathe slowly in and out, no bright computer for an hour before, and slight heater on. Clean sheets help. Good pillows are a must. Been doing pretty decent lately. Try some new techniques.
Thank you for new ideas.