I would just like to add to the millions of other people who have suffered from the use of Aspartame that I too had symptoms.
My sister told me to begin a carb-diet, therefore, encouraging me to drink diet sodas. I started off drinking Diet Dr. Pepper on a Thursday. Then I bought some Diet Caffeine-Free Sierra Mist soda on Friday and enjoyed 3 cans of the soda. Saturday, I again had 3 cans of the Sierra Mist. By Sunday, I had 2 cans and around 7pm, I began to get a migraine headache (I get migraines and even have medication for my headaches).
I decided to go to bed instead of taking any medication – – just to sleep off the headache. By 1am, I was thirsty and went downstairs to get a Diet Caffeine-Free Sierra Mist. I had a few swallows downstairs before going back upstairs. As I was heading up the stairs, I became disoriented and my head hurt terribly.
My headache was back just that quick. I told my husband about my headache and lay back down to sleep it off. By 4am, I had to run to the bathroom as I had diarrhea. Then I began to gag as if to throw-up, but nothing would come up (I thought it was my acid-reflux flaring up). I gagged for about 5 minutes and my stomach was burning. After that, my heart was palpitating rapidly. My husband didn’t know what to do.
I felt terribly and all I could do was call work and tell them I wouldn’t be in and tried to nurse myself back to health. It was after 12-noon on Monday that I realize that it was the soda that had made me feel so horrible.
Likewise, they need to take this Aspartame as well as acesulfame potassium off the market as soon as possible. Just take all products made with this stuff off the market. It’s not something I’d give to a child or an elder for fearful of death. With the headaches, diarrhea, heart palpitations and gagging, this is nothing to fool around with.
I’m just glad I didn’t drink anymore and glad my husband still has a wife. Otherwise he’d be suing the pants off the makers of this product. TAKE IT OFF THE MARKET!!!