This letter is in response to your requests for information regarding my symptoms to what I believe is Aspartame poisoning. My symptoms first began in early 2003. In late 2002, I began to gain weight. My diet included approximately 8 liters of Pepsi per week. As part of a strategy to combat this weight gain, I switched from regular Pepsi to Diet Pepsi around the end of 2002.
Soon after, I began to notice my feet felt unusually cold at night. This progressed until I was soon too uncomfortable to sleep at night without wearing socks. By late February 2004, a second symptom arose. At this time, I began to notice that my left eye would become numb and unresponsive whenever I would relax or prepare to go to sleep. This partial paralysis was upsetting to me, and I soon began to consult eye doctors. Several months and three eye doctors later, I was referred to a general MD. This MD’s office diagnosed me as most likely having MS. This precipitated a number of expensive tests for MS at a local hospital. These tested included a CAT scan, an MRI, and various blood works. All came back as negative for MS.
At this point I was frustrated with paying for expensive tests and consulting lots of doctors who seemed to have no idea what was wrong with me. I stopped seeing any doctor at all. My symptoms slowly, but ungrammatically, progressed.
By early summer of 2004, however, a new symptom arose. At this time, I began experiencing tremors. At first I simply had strange feelings at time. Soon, however, I noticed visible shaking. This occurred mainly when I was relaxed or waking up in the morning. This shaking quickly progressed over the span of 2 or 3 weeks to the point that considerable shaking and even facial spasms were waking me up in the morning.
I told a friend about my situation and how I didn’t have the time and money to be wasting on doctors who couldn’t tell what was wrong with me. I was scarred however, and announced my intention to start seeing more medical professionals.
My friend commented that I might be a victim of Aspartame poisoning, and that I should stop drinking Diet Pepsi. I took his advice. Within a few days, my symptoms of a year and a half were noticeably better. Within a month, all of my symptoms were gone. Following this, I unknowingly began using some other products containing Aspartame. My symptoms began to return. After realizing that Aspartame has many names, I ridded myself of these products as well. My symptoms once again subsided. All of this has left no doubt in my mind that I have been a victim of Aspartame poisoning.
I am looking to stop Aspartame use nationally and to recover my considerable expenses, both emotionally and financially, in having to go through all of this. Please keep me up to date on any pending class-action lawsuits.