Updated to 2.6 from 2.5 now UI slow and not usable

Simply restore from your backup that you took before upgrading. Recognising that you admit you didn’t make such a backup (eek!) there’s no documented way of downgrading, and I am not familiar with a safe path (for example, there have been database migrations that are one way transformations).

Your best bet is to subscribe to the bug and follow activity there