Aspartame Anti-Testimonials© #795 – Sleepiness, Strobe Effect, Fatigue

I would get sleepy after drinking a Slice when NutraSweet first came out.  I just wanted to close my eyes and put my head down on my desk.  I was getting plenty of sleep and couldn’t ask for a more interesting job but I attributed it to fatigue because NutraSweet was touted as having no side effects.  The last straw came when I drank a Diet Coke on an empty stomach and later that day (but after I had dinner) I experienced a strobe effect as though my brain were clicking on and off.  It was very frightening and I quit NutraSweet cold turkey.  I didn’t experience any more sleepiness at work until I was in my ninth month of pregnancy.

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