I took a skills assessment test at work the other day and my handwriting was absolutely awful. Every question was short essay and required at least three to four handwritten sentences. I was in hell because of my mania. I'm on a roller coaster right now so I've been varying between "neat" to illegible. I also notice that when I'm manic I right from the bottom of the page up. And when I'm stable I write normally going down. If I start to get manic while I'm writing I skip 3-4 lines at a time.