I spent January through February Aspartame free by cutting out Diet Coke. I am diabetic and have spent most of the 20+ years drinking diet sodas. I thought I was crazy because my husband said I had become belligerent and “testy.”
I’ve had back and shoulder pain (what I thought was bursitis) for most of these 20 years. And it’s always been difficult to control my diabetes in all this time.
I had been going to an acupuncturist for the back and shoulder pain. It worked but was only temporary and expensive. Well, it didn’t take long in those two months for the headaches and back and shoulder pain to go away. And my attitude has improved tremendously.
The unthinkable has now happened. I backslid and drank one Diet Coke, which then became three a day within a week’s time. For the last six weeks I have been suffering from back and shoulder pain and headaches, and have become a bear again and very “emotional.” And when I wake in the morning, my hands are stiff. Have been drinking probably 5-6 Diet Cokes for the last 5 weeks, and am trying desperately to get off the Diet Cokes again.