As a skinny 25 year old, I had mononucleosis and gained 5 pounds. I began drinking diet soda. I found myself constantly ravenously hungry and craving sweets. I gained and gained weight, but it did not occur to me that the problem was the diet soda. I started consuming more and more “diet” foods and just kept gaining weight. After 25 years of diet soda, I had developed dozens of symptoms. The scariest was that I had muscle tremors/spasms that were rapidly worsening. Then I crashed – I could barely wake up and my muscles were extremely weak.
I had asked doctors for help over and over. They all told me I was a depressed hypochondriac who just needed to lose weight. Finding myself mostly unable to make it to work, I started reading every book and website I could find with any theory no matter how absurd it sounded. I came across a site about aspartame poisoning. Once I got past the government conspiracy part, I realized that aspartame poisoning perfectly explained what was wrong with me. I stopped consuming aspartame (and msg) one year and four months ago. My muscle tremors/spasms were the first symptoms to clear up. All of my other symptoms (except respiratory) have either gone away or much abated. My head feels more and more clear, and my body feels more and more energetic. My appetite is normal, and I am no longer fighting weight gain. I have even lost a few pounds. Inspired, I have done quite a bit of health research and continue to make changes that improve my health. gadickson2002@yahoo.com