Has anyone here who experienced constant tired but wired racing mind found an effective technique to calm their minds such as a specific meditation?

[overtheedge]

My mind is practically always racing, have tried many anti anxiety supplements but they don't work for me. I really need to be able to relax while lying down as constantly tensing up is so draining.

 

[Carl]

Are you taking any Vit B6? The P-5-P form which helps balance glutamate and GABA. It sounds like you need more GABA which P-5-P should help. You could also take some Glycine which helps increase GABA because a very large amount is needed in ME. I supplement as much as I am able but recently I haven't been getting as much as I should do. It's all about balance and finding how much you can take, along with B6 so that you don't feel sleepy.

You might have high levels of cortisol shooting through your body because that is what happens when the nervous system in the kidneys degrades due to stress. Until adrenal exhaustion cortisol levels can get very high. I use Siberian Ginseng which lowers it to very low levels along with my secret herb Tu Si Zi.

 

[mattie]

I really need to be able to relax while lying down

Try a breathing app.
Like this one . There are many other options..
Breathe slowly: 3 secs in - 5 out. Follow the app.
10 minutes. Or slowly build it up.
Puts my body in parasympathetic state. Every time

 

[Mary]

@overtheedge - the breathing exercises @mattie recommends are good.

Also, simply placing your hands on your abdomen (over the solar plexus point I believe) while laying down is calming. You just lay there and keep your hands in place. If you combine this with box breathing (similar to @mattie's suggestion) it would be very calming.

 

[wabi-sabi]

I really like yoga nidra meditations. There are plenty on youtube.

 

[Scarlett*54]

I do breathing exercises as noted above. I also like CBD oil (without THC) and Bach's Rescue Remedy.

 

[GhostGum]

@overtheedge - the breathing exercises @mattie recommends are good.

Also, simply placing your hands on your abdomen (over the solar plexus point I believe) while laying down is calming. You just lay there and keep your hands in place. If you combine this with box breathing (similar to @mattie's suggestion) it would be very calming.

I would combine doing this with your hands and actually focusing then on breathing into your hands, into your stomach/solar plexus and chest as deeply and slowly as you can tolerate, or whatever feels comfortable. It can be an interesting exercise actually to focus on breathing into different parts of the body, and focusing your attention in different places. This can also help to get out of over thinking as you are literally focusing your brain and attention elsewhere, it is essentially a form of brain training/neuroplasticity as well, if you keep doing it regularly you are activating different brain states.

All that said I have done different breath work for over 8 or more years now, since trying to get into Wim Hof at the time, and slowly realised it is good to simply try to work out what works for you as well, work out what feels good and what is helping, experiment. For me it can be doing simple buteyko and breathing into my stomach just trying to get into a more relaxed state.

 

[wabi-sabi]

I like this one when I am feeling up to some activity:

 

[Scarlett*54]

All of the responses above are excellent for calming the overactive mind.

This is what works for me:

• I limit the time I spend on my phone reading articles, etc. The constant scrolling thru countless articles & social media posts, I believe, can cause racing thoughts, etc. I've seen great results from this simple practice.
• I take Ashwagandha tabs; 1 in the morning & another about an hour before bedtime. They are 500 mg each. The morning dose really helps keep me calm during the day without feeling sleepy.
• If I wake in the night, I immediately take 5 pellets of Kali Phosphoricum 30c (homeopathic remedy). Works like a charm for me.
• I often drink a calming herbal tea after dinner like Chamomile or Sleepy Time.

Hope this helps!

 

[perchance dreamer]

Two things have helped tame my anxiety the most. One is learning about the benefits of breathing through the nose instead of the mouth and training myself to become a nose breather. Mouth breathing is more likely to raise the sympathetic nervous system while nose breathing raises the parasympathetic system. Nose breathing also makes diaphragmatic breathing feel more natural.

Even if someone's anxiety has nothing to do with how they breathe, it's important to make sure their breathing is working for, not against them. I recommend James Nestor's Breath: The New Science of a Lost Art. If someone mouth breathes because they can't breathe well through their nose, I'd recommend going to a good ENT to have their ability to breathe through their nose evaluated and have any problems treated.

The second thing that's really helped me is guided breath exercises on YouTube. I do some kind of breath exercise every day. My favorites are from Take a Deep Breath. The first exercise is 10 minutes, and the second is 5 minutes.

 

[Mary]

If I wake in the night, I immediately take 5 pellets of Kali Phosphoricum 30c (homeopathic remedy). Works like a charm for me.

I have tried a million things for sleep and keep switching them up as I develop tolerance very quickly but have never tried this, so will add it to my playlist!

 

[Scarlett*54]

I have tried a million things for sleep and keep switching them up as I develop tolerance very quickly but have never tried this, so will add it to my playlist!

I'm a firm believer in homeopathic remedies and flower essences such as Rescue Remedy. I've been using them for years. Kali Phos is tailored to calm racing thoughts & "intellectual fatigue"!

 

[perchance dreamer]

I also like the remedy Calms Forte to help with sleep.