My daughter drank Diet Coke until about 3 years ago. The diet brand started to make her sick gradually until she dropped them altogether and drank regular (classic) coke with no problems. She has to avoid all diet products with aspartame or NutraSweet or her symptoms make her very sick. Maybe there’s some truth in your question. (But then again, both products make my brainstem swell. Think it could run in the family?
Hmmm. Seems there’s something not hit on yet with the exacerbated symptoms and brain swelling, then with the NutraSweet with it. Because of my seizures I have to do without it. And also the right temporal lobe of my brain is swollen. Ok, that’s all I know). Will leave the details of this one for another brilliant researcher out there.