Aspartame Anti-Testimonials© #031 – Muscle Spasms, Grand Mal Seizures

Started having muscle spasms and grand mal seizures a year and a half ago when I started using Equal in my coffee instead of Sweet ‘n Low. I’m 46 years old and have never in my life experienced seizures. My last one was on Feb. 13, 2006. After being rushed to the hospital multiple times and seeing my personal physician multiple times, no one could give me a reasonable explanation about what was going on (unless I submitted to numerous, costly tests which I believed would not give me a clear answer). I then started thinking back about what in my lifestyle or diet had changed previous to the first seizure. The only thing I could come up with was changing to Equal. I immediately gave it up. Right now I’ve gone 32 days with no Equal and no seizures. I was having a seizure at least one a month. I realize that it hasn’t been that long yet, but I feel confident that I have at least identified the culprit. I already feel better overall and am not at least experiencing the muscle twitching in my legs that I was feeling prior to a seizure coming on. I just hope that there is no irreversible damage done to my body. harris.sandra@comcast.net