Thank you guys for the welcome & the input!!
I only really discovered that they're connected during the start of this episode. For about the 2 week long incline before I finally lost it, I started having many vivid dreams, which I only have seldomly when I am down/normal. Then once **** finally hit the fan, they became terrifying & LUCID.
So, I've started keeping a dream log in my journal because perhaps that will be a good tool to keep myself under control. : )