I wrote you in August. I got off of Aspartame on August 22nd. It just sent FDA a message; I hope it got to the right place. I couldn’t find what I wanted. It had a comment page that I sent but I think it was for comments for Internet page.
Here is what I sent to them:
I am sending you notification that I think that Aspartame is a very dangerous substance. It is what caused me to have slurred speech, lost most of my reflexes, dizziness, hives, balance and coordination, my heart would pound hard when I would be sitting, I had trouble sleeping, nightmares, I had to have help tying my shoes. I was having a terrible time concentrating. I had to have my daughter do my bills at work. I was tested for all kinds of things. I was checked for stroke, heart trouble, Lupus, Multiple Sclerosis. I had a CAT scan, and a MRI. I had about $5000 dollars’ worth of tests, and the Doctors couldn’t figure out what was the cause. I have fibromyalgia, and Aspartame made it much worse. I have been in terrible pain for years. It took me about 70 days to get Aspartame out of my system and now I am in less pain than I have been in for years. All of my symptoms left except one, I am still having difficulty concentrating. Please consider taking this hazard off the market. Since I have been free of Aspartame, my husband and many other people have noticed that I am able to do many things that I haven’t been able to do in YEARS! I had drunk Aspartame in diet drinks ever since it came out. I had no idea that Aspartame was what was causing most of my problems until I started doing research on what could cause slurred speech. I don’t want anyone to go through what I have been through. I thank God that I found out before it was TOO LATE!