Yes. It doesn't seem to make any difference then.
However, if I'm having a big overdoing - such as a weekend away to do something reallly special, I'll dose up on it beforehand, during and afterwards.
It's always when I take it after that it helps most.
I looked at exercise physiology to work out how best to take it.
I found out that when somebody does a lot of exercise, the body does not loose the weight of calories consumed by the energy immediately.
Following exercise, (during which the body uses up all available energy) the body goes into repair mode - "weight loss" continues for several hours afterwards as the body rebalances glucose and glycogen stores and builds muscle.
Bodybuilders need carbs to work out, then eat protein afterwards. That makes the body make proteins.
So it seems reasonable to me that after the overdoing is when the carnitine is needed.
Practise has told me that is correct.
Just for a simple example of an immediate help from it;
Last year I went to visit family abroad. I was struggling a lot with so much socialising - morning, noon and evening.
By 4 o'clock, I was just about done for the day. I'd take a couple of carnitines and have a cup of coffee and a lie down for a couple of hours - and I could get up and go for the evening!
Possibly not overly sensible to keep pushing like that, but what can you do?
You've got a short time there and loads of important friends and family to see.
Mostly, I just take it at night for a while before going away, during, and for a week or so after I get home.
It's the only way I can cope with trips without suffering too much from PEM.
I always take it on an empty tummy, and always rest straight afterwards.
I found out the trick about empty tummy because I saw carnitine being touted as a "weight loss pill"!
The instructions were to take it at night on an empty tummy - you "lost weight" while you slept...

because of the carnitine promoting "fat burning".
But it got me checking and trying out empty or full tummy.
It works best on empty tummy.
