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I have been on imbruvica for 1.5 years and have had anxiety off and on and increasd bp also all off and on mostly my life is much improved blood draws are almost normal I have found that I do better when I drink lots and lots of water

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Thank you for sharing that about water. So glad the medication is working well. Know the anxiety is hard. My sister who does not have CLL has bad anxiety and takes Zoloft, I think. I will tell her about water drinking. Who knows!!

Linda

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RJR1 in reply to Spacee

Imbruvica calls for consumption of lots of water. I've been on it nearly 17 months. I try to drink 4 quarts of water daily.

Here's an interesting side effect of increasing my water consumption. I previously suffered from extreme " dry eye". My eyes watered so badly I could barely drive. After ramping up water consumption... no more dry eye. And no more need for Restasis

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Good to know. Thanks! I think I'll ramp up my water intake as well and see if I can do away with these dry eyes too!

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W00dfin

Me too! It helps that I like water and hot tea. I just finished my 4th month of Ibrutinib. Still waiting for semi-normal blood work.

Woodfin

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You'll get there.......I'm sure. Good luck.

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Thanks 🙏🏻

Woodfin

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holly2

I am not so good at drinking plain water, except for the first drink of the day. I drink tea, rooibosh tea, barley cup, and herbal teas. All hot drinks. I even take my daily Aciclovir tablets with one of these hot drinks! Water just does not tempt me. If at all, I prefer hot water to cold. Must change my habits!

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W00dfin in reply to holly2

Another hot tea: lemon ginger Yogi brand. Really good plus each tea bag has an inspirational saying. Publix is the only place I have found it.

Woodfin

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