United Kingdom, May 28 -- Lindsay Lohan feels "stressed" when she is in Los Angeles with her son because she is paranoid that paparazzi are following her.

The actress, her husband Bader Shammas and their 22-month-old son Luai, live in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, but she does return to her native New York and LA when she can.

Lindsay would "rather have downtime" in the Big Apple over Los Angeles because no one bothers her there.

She told the US issue of ELLE magazine: "It's hard in Los Angeles. Even taking my son to the park in Los Angeles, I get stressed. I'm like, 'Are there cameras?'

"In New York, there's no worry; no one bothers us. Everyone has their own thing going on.

"There's a different kind of energy in New York. I'd rather...