A sure fire sign of mania since infancy, we have seen walls, furniture, clothing, refrigerators and children scrawled with drawings and letters even as a toddler it was more letter like than drawing.

bipolar 101 explains their own experience of hypergraphia

People are thinking, cogs are turning, the next step is being planned… Is this a minor swing or a sign of something more? At this point we don’t know, but it didn’t come entirely out of no where….

Titles, band names and lyrics adorn her walls. She is in the process of being discharged from CAMHS, we finally found a GP she accepts. It is tricky timing to be making changes but at least there is still some limited time available to catch this before it cascades.