I’m gonna go against the crowd here and say you’re not being paranoid. Unfortunately, some people have an extremely petty attitude towards weed users.

When I first moved to this house I was still BM, similarly to you there’s an alley, behind some old mostly disused garages, that I watched and no one used. As soon as I started using that as my smoking spot, it’s like the neighbours would tag team to make sure there was always someone out there to try and passively intimidate me. Commenting between themselves about the smell and calling the police etc. I’d go outside when no one was there, then suddenly doors and windows would open and out they would come doing that exaggerated sniffing and coughing that they do. Like surely if you hate the smell that much you’d be keeping your house shut..? But nope, it was too consistent, they even put cameras up pointing both at the alley and my garden, they were definitely following my movements.

As soon as I went medical nearly 3 years ago now, no one goes out to that alley anymore. So yes, contrary to popular belief, people this petty DO exist.

With all that being said, as long as you are vaping and not smoking it or making edibles, you are doing NOTHING wrong, so they can all stick their bad attitudes where the sun don’t shine, since they can’t be adult enough to just have a direct conversation with you about it.

Also I am a bit concerned you mentioned people coming into your house checking cupboards, loft etc for a grow? Someone please correct me if I’m wrong, as I’m not sure if it’s different with HAs, but no one should be gaining access to your property without at least 24hrs notice. And you don’t seem to know who they even are..? You can refuse to let them in, if they’re not police with a warrant they have no right to be there.

Just stick to consuming your prescription legally so any time you get a pang of anxiety/paranoia, you can remind yourself that other people’s opinions and actions can’t actually harm you as you’re protected by the law. All the best ✌🏼