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Is it bad drinking water before going to sleep?

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Dr. Richard Zimon answered

Specializes in Internal Medicine

Only: in that it might require you interrupting your sleep to urinate, At age 17 a glass of water at bedtime should not have any affect! Hope this is helpful! Dr Z

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Answered 5/16/2018

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