Hi DarlaKat,
Controlling your sleep is critical. Even if you have to use sleeping pills to do so part of the time. Vivid dreams that seep over into wakefulness-write them down and illustrate them. Cognitive therapy and mindfullness techniques(new) help you regulate your thought patterns. Focus on getting good at them. Intrusive thoughts and visions of hurting people and getting aggressive can be ramped down. Stay away from Nyquil, alcohol and illegal drugs. They will either precipitate a psychotic break or cause increased hallucinations. Learn when you are going psychotic. My alarm is olfactory hallucinations(common with schizoaffectives primarily) which are strange smells. If everything smells like rotting meat I know that I am going down.