YES!!!
When I'm mixed, I tend to get crazy paranoid. I'm a runner, so (especially when I'm mixed) I tend to take off to "escape" the situation; and as much as I know I shouldn't, I drive away. Driving while symptomatic is a dumb idea, but as you know, we're not thinking clearly. Anyway, I always feel as though another driver is going to hurt me on purpose if I don't drive fast enough and yet that the cops will get me if I drive too fast.
Luckily I don't go full-on delusional when mixed (or have yet to), only when manic.
But I can totally relate to people in stores thinking you're up to no good. More than once I've walked into the local grocery store and within seconds of me entering, over the loud speaker they say, "Security check all cameras." Not a good thing to hear right after walking into a store when paranoid.
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Bipolar I; ADD
Abilify 10mg
Escitalopram 20mg
Amphetamine Salts 30mg / day
Zolpidem 5 - 10mg prn for zzz
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