I take mine an hour before I get out of bed, so absolutely nothing
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I've been doing thos for about 25 years now. Works for me! Glad I'm not the only one.
Meal prep ideas:
Sandwiches: toast, English muffins, American biscuits. Meats, cheese, eggs, premade and frozen.
Can also be wraps.
Add condiments to make them less dry.
Can bake sausages inside rolls
Fast meals: cereal, oatmeal with fruit mix in, bagels, toast.
The biggest thing is a routine. I take a berry flavored heartburn pill in the morning, so the taste confirms I took my meds. I have a set of things I have to do every morning, and a leisure activity I can perform if I'm early.
French toast can be frozen and then toasted in a toaster. use wax paper between layers so they don't stick before freezing.
you can premake breakfast burritos and freeze them. depends on size and ingredients but it's usually good to eat after wrapping in a paper towel and microwave for a 1:30.
Breakfast is 2-3 Tillamook vanilla Greek yogurt cups. For filling in missing meals I will either use an Anabar or Musashi High Protein bar.
I start work way too early for me, so I only brush my teeth before leaving home. Do slow work (e-mails, go over today's schedule, routine/repetitive tasks) for the first part of the day, then meds and breakfast (a huel-shake from a bag I keep at work). My office has like a breakfast/post-breakfast meeting the same time every day so it's a great reminder to eat and medicate during it.
Same for lunch: shake and meds.
A generous helping of nuts and raisins for a snack about 1-1,5 hours before leaving work otherwise I'll crash the moment I get home and not manage a thing, not even a single positive thought, for the rest of the day. Then I'll eat the rest of my energy intake for dinner and supper, because I'm always at a deficit during work days.
Grapefruit juice. Always and for ever.
(disclaimer: DO NOT take meds with grapefruit juice as it can have a massive effect on how fast your body absorbs the medication...)
... Though I bring it up to point out that the "best" meals will be extremely basic and uncomplicated foods. I'd avoid most things, if it's important meds that need to remain in balance. If it says you do not need to take it on a full stomach, I'd avoid food around such times.
I hope a biologist/biochemist/etc can chime in on what foods are least likely to directly fuck with meds, since as far as I remember, a ton of it is about simply buffering out the meds with filler and digestion time, which a lot of food should fit.