Dear Mari

thanks for your post, i will still try to be more brief. i do have genuine difficulty with verbosity, which can certainly add to problem if one feels overwhelmed by a topic.
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i am so sorry work places such constant demands on your time/attention. that environment seems terribly stressful. i truly don't know how you can handle it.
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Vit timing:

first, it should be fine to take 2 of those multivits at the same time, i.e. only once a day hassle. you are right about taking them with food.

i think with your br/unch would be ideal because i've read of certain b vits increasing alertness, and others, if taken before bed, increasing vividness of dreams. alertness would be helpful during the day. i know the dream thing is undesirable for you.

the other alternative is with dinner, as long as several hours elapse between your dinner time and going-to-bed time. that is when i take mine because lunch is haphazard. i have dinner at 7pm ish, and go to bed anywhere between 11pm and 5 am. with this sort of distancing, i have not seen any correlation between taking/not taking the vits and my falling asleep, staying asleep, or dream quality.

taking them with dinner would allow you to keep them at home - in a separate room as you suggested, to provide the needed "separateness" from your meds.

hope that is helpful.

~ waves ~