I suffered from panic/anxiety attacks, insomnia, heart palpitations, tachycardia, shaking, numbness and tingling in toes and hands and arm, nausea, dizziness, memory loss, muscle spasms, breathing problems, depression, slurred speech, and a constant feeling of uneasiness. Somewhere around December of 1995 I quit drinking diet drinks. Two weeks later I noticed I was feeling somewhat better. About two months later I was feeling and doing so much better I decided to start drinking diet 7Up. Even though I had stopped using caffeine several times in the past without noticing any change I thought maybe that was what had made the difference this time. Within two days of starting back drinking the diet 7Up I started having symptoms again.
That’s when I decided to take a good look at the ingredients in diet drinks. I had never heard anything negative about NutraSweet but I decided to try to find out what it was. I went to a public library and found something that said it could cause several different symptoms including panic attacks. I didn’t have very much time so I wasn’t able to read the whole thing. So, I wasn’t aware until June of 1996, when we bought a new computer and started using the internet, what the real scoop was on Aspartame. I now tell almost everyone I see, and it is unbelievable how many people have or either known someone that’s had bad reactions to Aspartame. I can’t believe I lived five years of my life frightened and constantly feeling bad because of a diet drink. I’M FURIOUS!