I just received your story and was amazed. My husband drinks at least a 6-pack of diet Pepsi a day and has no effects. However, since I quit nursing our son I felt free to again drink caffeine and started to drink diet Pepsi. I didn’t drink it every day and also drank regular Pepsi.
After a few weeks I noticed I started to get headaches, had trouble focusing my eyes and was getting dizzy. I at first thought that it was from the caffeine since I hadn’t had much for a couple of years. I then noticed I only got symptoms after drinking diet Pepsi. I wondered why but didn’t think much of it, I just quit drinking it. Now I know why and it scares me because my husband and I have both allowed our 2 year old son drink small amounts of diet Pepsi. Not to mention other drinks and foods containing Aspartame.