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[edit] Comment 1
As a psychiatric patient of 6 years, I was always told I suffered from Depression and schizophrenia. Recently, upon meeting with my new psychiatrist, I was told what I "suffer" from might actually be Hypergraphia. Everything I've read thus far on the illness is exactly me, but I am having trouble finding in depth inormation as opposed to defination. If anyone has any info, or knows where I can get some, your help would be entirely appreciated.
- The main character of Quills (film) could be said to have Hypergraphia. -- Sy / (talk) 01:02, 18 January 2006 (UTC)
- Google Alice Flaherty. There's a lot of press on her or read her book about it called "The Midnight Disease."
[edit] Stub
I've made this topic a stub. The recent use of this in CSI:NY got me interested, but there is not enough information on Wikipedia.
Hope someone can expand on it
And I've added the causes of Hypergraphia too...not completely, but halfway thru. Not too free now. Can someone be so kind to help out? p/s: Add a content box at the top too.. I don't really know how to do that
Chewxy 06:40, 4 June 2006 (UTC)
The paragraph about the various parts of the brain that are involved in the act of writing is relevant, but does it really belong under the "Causes" heading?
Oh the irony. The article for Hypergraphia is a fscking stub. Excellent. :) --Kim
[edit] Experience With Medication
I was, for several years, very hypergraphic, while at the time I was taking Risperdal for my schizoaffective disorder. A few months ago, I switched to Zyprexa instead. It works better at relieving my symptoms, but I notice that I don't write much anymore.
My wife would say that's a good thing :-/ but I'm not sure I like it.
I also recently bought Alice Flaherty's book The Midnight Disease, and have read enough of it that I can recommend it to anyone wanting to know more about Hypergraphia. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by MichaelCrawford (talk • contribs) 02:21, 4 April 2007 (UTC).
[edit] Does not cite sources?
This article is interesting but cites absolutely zero references. I'm paticularly interested in knowing if this is accurate:
"Additionally schizophrenics and people with frontotemporal dementia also experience a compulsive drive to write."
What kind of schizophrenics? Is this the majority or minority?
88.111.70.96 18:47, 29 May 2007 (UTC)
I'd also be a bit concerned about the speculation about living figures; while I think it's sometimes appropriate to speculate about the pathologies of historical figures, without a source verifying a clinical diagnosis I think it's inappropriate to diagnose Bob Graham in this article.
67.51.57.35 (talk) —Preceding undated comment added 17:25, 3 March 2010 (UTC).
[edit] Hothouse episode of Law & Order SVU
On Tuesday January 13th, there was a premier of an episode of Law & Order SVU called Hothouse. There is a girl in it, who due to being pushed to overachieve in college, starts taking ADHD medication without prescription. They mention one of the side effects of people who take off-prescription ADHD medication, is Hypergraphia.Violet yoshi (talk) 12:17, 14 January 2009 (UTC)
[edit] Surrealism
Citations should be found for allegations of hypergraphia being used to criticize or suppress surrealism in light of Andre Breton's statement that there is no subject about which one should refuse to speak and write voluminously, and in light of surrealist automatism. --Daniel C. Boyer (talk) 18:40, 4 October 2009 (UTC)
[edit] Historical examples
Is it possible that Joseph Smith, founder and Prophet of the LDS Church, experienced hypergraphia while composing the Book of Mormon? Historical accounts of the process by which the BoM was created suggest that Joseph Smith might have been experiencing hypergraphia. The rest of Joseph's life was also typified by behaviour symptomatic of bipolar or maybe schizoaffective disorder? Impossible to diagnose the deceased of course, but interesting and Joseph Smith undoubtedly an important historical figure who has influenced millions of people worldwide.
Sourced:
Richard Bushman, *Rough Stone Rolling* (will come back with biblio)
Fawn Brodie, *No Man Knows My Name* (will come back with biblio)
Keep sweet (talk) 05:36, 30 May 2011 (UTC)
