Aspartame Anti-Testimonials© #049 – Slurred Speech, Memory Problems

I have been morbidly obese most of my life. When diet colas with aspartame came out, I drank a lot of them. At that time,1986, I had a data entry job with a large corp. Their computer setup required that operators enter a 7 digit password before every transaction. I would have to do this about 100 – 150 times a day, the same 7 digits – fgdc074. Soon I was up to 2 liters of diet coke per day. 2 weeks later, my wife noticed my speech started to slur slightly. She was keen to it because I was a part time lecturer. I also smoked, and she attributed the sluring to that or my high blood pressure meds [I have since quit smoking, aspartame, and I don’t need blood pressure meds]. THEN IT HAPPENED. AUGUST 1986, I FORGOT MY PASSWORD. I had to write it down. Someone at work suggested it was the diet coke. I stopped it. one month later, my memory returned, and my speech stopped its slur. I still smoked, so it was not the smoking. I would not stop smoking for 2 more years. danfcon@yahoo.com