NBC show today spurred me to explore the internet and write you re: my experience with NutraSweet. I was a Diet Cokeaholic for 12 years and had the following symptoms on occasion:
1: “classic” migraines
2. panic attacks
3. irregular heart beat (I was put on medication)
4. hip pain
Then, last November, I started experiencing the following:
1. Chronic brain fog to the point of thinking I was dying
2. “classic” migraines much more than usual
3. sense of urgency from bladder with no infection
Dr. ruled out bladder infection, was willing to put me on medication (Prozac I assume) I was so addicted to Diet Coke that I only considered seeing if getting off might help out of total desperation because I was feeling so terrible. I knew I was not crazy, but felt I was being treated as such. (The Dr. pooh-poohed me when I asked if I should get off NutraSweet). When I did, ALL of my symptoms disappeared within a week or so. I was thinking clearly for the first time in several months. I have had no migraines. I think back and my first migraine was in l983. Did it build up in my system to the point that I was having an extra strong reaction?