I know what you mean by the paranoia. Sometimes I think people in cars are following me and mean to do me some kind of harm; other times I run around drawing all the curtains in the house because the neighbors are spying on me; while most of the time I think the government is trying to take away my freedoms as an American (although I know I'm not the only one who feels that way!). It's been better since I've been medicated properly, but it used to be pretty bad whenever I got manic.