I’ve been learning how to live with my bipolar disorder for 5 years. Getting enough sleep is big for me when it comes to staying in a stable frame of mind. I had my first full-time job for the past year and after several months I started having bad sleep issues that medication wasn’t helping much with. I was on a set 8.5 hour shift schedule though so I knew I could at least try my best to have a consistent pre-bedtime routine revolving around taking my medication at the same time each night. 

Well I had to move across the country and now I’m looking for/interviewing for jobs. But a lot of jobs I could get are low-income jobs where they will probably want open availability to work say 1st and 2nd shift hours. 

My meds have recently changed to try to help address some of my sleep issues (and it’s working so far) but I need to take my medications, which make me drowsy, at the same time each night. 

So I need to ask for a reasonable accommodation regarding the fact that I can’t keep changing what time I take my meds so therefore I can’t keep have a schedule that’s sometimes having me work 2nd shift and sometimes 1st. 

I feel like if I bring this up during an interview they will probably just discriminate against me and pass on hiring me. But I also feel like I’m misleading/lying if I don’t bring it up. 

My question is what would you do or what have you done in similar situations?