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Fallenangel: I have ADD and was diagnosed back in the mid '70's before it was even called ADD or had become the fad diagnosis it is now. What you're describing is exactly what a lot of people with it experience. We have overstimulated brains that never want to shut down. Supprisingly enough, it's treated with stimulants that act the opposite on someone with ADD.
It might be worth it to see a doctor and be tested to see if ADD could be the cause of your racing thoughts. I know you don't want to take medication, but wouldn't it be worth it to stop the madness if you were diagnosed? I myself don't take meds because I was on some pretty powerful anti-depressants in 2000 and they seemed to knock something right in my head and the racing thoughts symptom I had all my life went away. Of corse they also caused long-term problems but that's another story.
My sister take's ADD medication and it was the only thing that got her through 4 years of college. She struggled all through her young school years because she refused to take her pills. As an adult she realized that she needed them to think properly and be even a little organized.
Not saying you have this condition, just throwing a possible cause your way!
Ali
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