I'm 23 years old male 160lbs fairly healthy. 10 minute mile and all that.
I suffer from generalized anxiety, social anxiety and health anxiety.
I've been on cymbalta for anxiety since senior year highschool so about 6 years.
I never touched alcohol untill I was 21, and have probably been drunk less than 10 times in my life.
But the other night I got really bad drunk like 5+ drinks.
And I'm scared to death that I have permanently damaged my liver. It's been about 3 days, I have no symptoms, except a small yellow patch above my left nipple, which might just be a bruise.
I know cymbalta is hard on the liver and I know alcohol is too. I have been taking routine blood tests since starting cymbalta, and a year or two ago I had elevated. bilirubin so I had my dosage cut back.
I also know that alcohol is hard on the liver. And this is where my panic attacks have been going on from.
My logic side tells me that when people develop liver disease it's from decades of moderate-heavy drinking, not from weekend benders in college.
That or they have some pre existing condition.
So I feel like I shouldn't worry and most likely I'm going to be fine, although I should probably cut the alcohol out from future use.
I have a doctor's appointment on Valentine's day, and I'm thinking about getting it moved up just to put my mind at ease.
I just wanted to reach out to you guys and ask what you think about my situation? Am I about to be diagnosed with a life threatening liver condition? I kinda doubt it. But my panic attacks won't let it rest.
Thanks.