https://forums.beyondblue.org.au/t5/depression/racing-thoughts-and-mood-stabilisers/m-p/17062#M2116 I’ve been having an emotionally up and down few days and feel great now. I walked for hours to get rid of empty blah feelings and that was really good. I talked out loud a lot to myself while walking. And the small dose of mood stabilisers I’m on have stopped most of my distractibility and racing thoughts. Often before I started taking them I would just get rushy thinking for hours a day. My brain would layer information in a disarrayed way: I’d be half through talking about one thing out loud before I’d switch to another thing, or I’d have a torrent of thoughts on one topic and get excited. I’d be trying to conjure a mental image or idea than switch to something else. Happy racing thoughts <span class="lia-unicode-emoji" title=":thought_balloon:">💭</span> that also were frustrating. I might be cyclothymic? I kind of float on the periphery of out there mood states. But I love being interested in the world. I hope one day all those myth of Sisyphus-y bland feelings never return, and I can just focus and be creative, full of colourful ideas and stories I can apply to a page and read from books and museums, apply attention and energy to a work day every day. Feel energised and non empty for no. Reason. I feel great right now, no the myth of Sisyphus and all those bland catcher in the rye/Albert Camus feelings... Mon, 07 Jun 2021 23:58:43 GMT Alannah57 2021-06-07T23:58:43Z https://forums.beyondblue.org.au/t5/depression/racing-thoughts-and-mood-stabilisers/m-p/17062#M2116 I’ve been having an emotionally up and down few days and feel great now. I walked for hours to get rid of empty blah feelings and that was really good. I talked out loud a lot to myself while walking. And the small dose of mood stabilisers I’m on have stopped most of my distractibility and racing thoughts. Often before I started taking them I would just get rushy thinking for hours a day. My brain would layer information in a disarrayed way: I’d be half through talking about one thing out loud before I’d switch to another thing, or I’d have a torrent of thoughts on one topic and get excited. I’d be trying to conjure a mental image or idea than switch to something else. Happy racing thoughts <span class="lia-unicode-emoji" title=":thought_balloon:">💭</span> that also were frustrating. I might be cyclothymic? I kind of float on the periphery of out there mood states. But I love being interested in the world. I hope one day all those myth of Sisyphus-y bland feelings never return, and I can just focus and be creative, full of colourful ideas and stories I can apply to a page and read from books and museums, apply attention and energy to a work day every day. Feel energised and non empty for no. Reason. I feel great right now, no the myth of Sisyphus and all those bland catcher in the rye/Albert Camus feelings... Mon, 07 Jun 2021 23:58:43 GMT https://forums.beyondblue.org.au/t5/depression/racing-thoughts-and-mood-stabilisers/m-p/17062#M2116 Alannah57 2021-06-07T23:58:43Z https://forums.beyondblue.org.au/t5/depression/racing-thoughts-and-mood-stabilisers/m-p/17063#M2117 <P>Hi,</P> <P>I'm on mood stabilizers too. They have helped a lot with my bipolar moods and anxiety, the latter I've largely eliminated.</P> <P>Apart from regular chats with my GP in regards to dosage I did find that relaxation techniques are really helpful in regard to wandering thoughts.</P> <P>This is all explained here</P> <P>https://www.beyondblue.org.au/get-support/online-forums/staying-well/meditation---words-of-wisdom---it-helped-me-for-25-years</P> <P>There is links there that will help you.</P> <P>I hope that helps.</P> <P>TonyWK</P> Wed, 09 Jun 2021 05:59:11 GMT https://forums.beyondblue.org.au/t5/depression/racing-thoughts-and-mood-stabilisers/m-p/17063#M2117 white knight 2021-06-09T05:59:11Z