hypergraphia, a very productive disorder

January 2, 2006

An obsessive need to write. Seen in those with temporal lobe epilepsy, manic depression, or bipolar disorder.

Writers suspected of having hypergraphia include Dostoyevsky, Dante, Byron, Tennyson, and Poe.

However, many with the condition do not wish to be cured.

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