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Hi all. Perhaps it's just me but when I read 'take on an empty stomach' I was thinking "Ha - I NEVER have an empty stomach" and carried on taking them just before my evening meal. I was complaining about being groggy in the morning on the Bipolar sub and someone mentioned not to take XR with food because it causes a 'dump' of the med into your bloodstream and stops it being released slowly like it should be. Holy cow. I took it three hours after and an hour before food this week and the difference is huge. So if you're a plonker like me - stop. :D

I've kept stable for the last four years with a strict sleep, food and med routine - I take meds at 7pm and I'm asleep by 10pm and up at 8am. My next door neighbour has started a new job which means he leaves for work at 4am now and he has a very noisy motorbike which wakes up my dogs. This means I'll have to take my meds at 3pm and be in bed for 6pm which is ridiculous. I'm already starting to feel I'm slipping into hypomania. What would you do? Afternoon nap? Let down his tyres? (only sort of joking). Update: Thank you so much everyone for the advice. I took my meds earlier and played white noise and I got to sleep until 6am. I could do a dance.