Category Archives: Aspartame Anti-Testimonials

We’re always told that the “placebo-controlled” study is the gold standard in research. And who can argue with the results of such a “fair” test? The placebo is just an innocent “sugar pill” — right? But for some time now … Continue reading →

I’m 32 and an Aspartame sufferer.  I started drinking four litres of Pepsi max daily between January 2001 and August 2004. During this time I developed a catalogue of debilitating symptoms, none of which I ever considered to attribute to … Continue reading →

I have had severe Aspartame poisoning. 8 knee surgeries, 3 back surgeries and a bowel resection. 27 years of mental illness. 6 years ago when I was storing diet pop in the trunk of my car and heating it up, … Continue reading →

For years I have been drinking Diet Pepsi & Coke at the rate of 4-6 cans per day. I and all those around me noticed that I was losing my train of thought to the point where I was having … Continue reading →

I personally experienced reactions after ingesting Aspartame. Prior to having children, I drank diet Pepsi occasionally. When my husband and I decided to start our family, I abstained from ingesting anything that contained Aspartame for fear that it would harm … Continue reading →

I am 48 and live in Xxxxxxxxx in New Zealand. I have for many years (about 10 or so) had Cardiac problems, they have been diagnosed as ARVD (Arythmogenic Right Ventricular Dysplasia), however this has never been able to be … Continue reading →

I battled high blood pressure from 1987 until 2006. My blood pressure had become uncontrollable. I had memory lapses where I could not remember someone’s name. My joints were hurting and aching and my prostate was enlarged. My doctor just … Continue reading →

Ok, so this is a little odd and I thought I’d share in case it helps anyone else. I used to drink a lot (a LOT) of Diet Coke – it was the only thing that got me through the … Continue reading →

Back in the 1980’s, while still living in Australia, I used to work for a very well-known worldwide pharmaceutical company (whose name I won’t put here for legal reasons). I worked in the Research & Development Lab and we did … Continue reading →

I also was a big Diet Coke drinker, until this summer, when my HAIR started falling out! I went to a naturopath, who told me I was really dehydrated, and also told me to Google it. That was all it … Continue reading →

Thank you for responding. Since eliminating Aspartame-sweetened products, I have experienced a dramatic improvement in mental clarity, and coordination, and the disappearance of sudden exhaustion, blepherospasms of the left eye, myalgia, depression and anxiety. It was extremely helpful to compare … Continue reading →

The case of a Wellington woman who became seriously unwell after consuming excessive amounts of the controversial additive Aspartame in chewing gum underlines the urgent need for consumer information and warnings about potential side effects, Green Party MP Sue Kedgley … Continue reading →

Some months ago, Anita told me what she had experienced with the horrible pain she was in and that the “doctors” couldn’t do anything for her. Let’s face it, if the medical professionals told their patients, they would lose money.  … Continue reading →

Wanted you to know that I get very ill within 45 seconds of ingesting Aspartame, I cannot believe it is still on the market.  People have tricked me with chewing gum saying it is made with real sugar.  Soon my … Continue reading →

You guys are doing an excellent job of getting the word out on this subject. However the physicians I have talked to are either neutral, uninformed or state they need research studies to confirm the existence of real dangers of … Continue reading →

I am 51 years old. Last year, I was feeling so much pain and stiffness in my legs (especially my knees), that I had gotten to the point I could barely get out of my car and walk into a … Continue reading →

I am responding to your article/web page on Aspartame. I am 44 years old and have been suspecting Aspartame as a major health hazard since it hit the market. I have been “dieting” all my life to stay thin and … Continue reading →

I am wondering how Cindy’s CAT scan turned out. I know she didn’t mention anything about NutraSweet, but for those who did, I also have had an experience with it and it was most unpleasant. It was about 8-10 years … Continue reading →

I have been fighting the war of Aspartame for the past 13 plus years! Diet Coke started my seizures.  I would pass out after drinking Diet Coke, my Drs say it is not related and that is has to be … Continue reading →

I don’t know if anyone else has drawn the same conclusions as I have, or maybe it hasn’t even be suggested yet; but I have found that NutraSweet had caused my mood disorder. I had been diagnosed with bi-polar disorder … Continue reading →

Hello Thank you for the information on Aspartame. I tried xxxxxxx LIGHT yogurt and I had severe panic attacks that were so horrible.

I’d like to share something with you and (if you would like) your readers. I hope the following helps you to get people to “think before they consume”. Plus, I’d love to find out if others recall the news program.  … Continue reading →

First of all, Doctor, let me say how much the community at large owes you for your tremendous research and energy on MSG and Aspartame. Secondly, as time goes on, more and more people will hear your message and begin … Continue reading →

Thanks for your quick and informative reply.  I can’t tell you how many of those symptoms I have/had.  The skin reactions in the past, chronic dry eye, doctors have looked into Sjogren’s a few times, dramatic visual changes with no … Continue reading →

Again, thanks for sending me this information.  I have quit all artificial sweeteners and my thumb is almost 100% back to normal!!!!  I am so amazed!!! Thank you, thank you, and thank you!

In Aug. of 2005 I had a real bad operation on my tummy. It took 100 days to get over the operation. After the 100 days I was better a few days I thought. In Dec I got up one … Continue reading →

I am almost 99% now except I have narcolepsy and cannot drive. Doctors think it was caused for the poison I never had it before. My sugar has gone nuts in the last few months I am up to 8 … Continue reading →

I came upon your website and found the information interesting. I am an ICU RN for 30 of my 33 years as a nurse. I used to drink Diet Coke all day long. At least a 6 or more pack … Continue reading →

I began to experience back pain associated with sitting down about six years ago (2000).  The pain became progressively worse as time went on. Because I sat at my job all day, the situation was becoming unbearable. I went to … Continue reading →

I am VERY upset about the legalization of this horrible substance, I do believe my very severe migraines, borderline narcolepsy (even falling suddenly asleep while driving) weight gain, depression, depression about my weight gain, low thyroid, food addiction, memory loss, … Continue reading →

I am a 38 year old diabetic woman (been diabetic since giving birth to my seven year old daughter). I have been drinking diet pops, mainly Diet Coke or Pepsi max, for most of the last 25 years. I started … Continue reading →

I have had many of the same symptoms as listed in the other letters including headaches, muscle weakness, short-term memory loss, and depression. But what really gave me a wakeup call was the Bells Palsy. Bell’s palsy is the unexplained … Continue reading →

I’m a New Zealander that has recently moved to pursue my accounting career. I have had severe reactions to Aspartame over the past 6 years (since I was 21 years old) and have always wanted to contact an authority to … Continue reading →

Good evening. I was on the web searching for something not even pertaining to Aspartame. I know that I was meant to read your article, and testimonials from all of those men and women. Oh my gosh! I am not … Continue reading →

Eve walks again after diet change A Shropshire woman who spent a year without the use of her legs has said she can now walk again after cutting the artificial sweetener Aspartame from her diet. Eve Terry, 24, of Main … Continue reading →

If I live till March 7th 2006 I will be 71 years old!  I will not attempt to hold you for too long, but PLEASE listen to my TRUE story. ASPARTAME, EQUAL, and NUTRASWEET is not safe for human consumption! … Continue reading →

I just read Henry Kliebenstein’s article (“Steer clear of those artificial sweeteners” Sierra Sun page B2 Feb. 17) on artificial sweeteners and thank you for getting the word out. Just Google Aspartame and poison and you will have a lot … Continue reading →

I am an xx year old Middle School Counselor that works with youth ages 11-14 here in xxxxxxxx, New Mexico. I see an average of 30 students a week in individual counseling sessions dealing with issues ranging from peer conflict, … Continue reading →

I’ve been consuming NutraSweet for 2 1/2 years and suffer from Atypical Facial Pain (one of the 92 side effects of Aspartame.  After reading an article online about Aspartame and my condition I stopped drinking diet pop 3 weeks ago.  … Continue reading →

In 1985, I was a sophomore at the University of California, San Diego. That’s when I began drinking Diet Coke regularly. I didn’t drink coffee. By the spring of 1986, I was starting to notice that my health and mental … Continue reading →

Sorry, but I’m not very good at computer mail yet. In the spring and summer of 2004 I became very sick. After doctor and ER visits and an overnight hospital stay, I found the cause of my illness. Thanks to … Continue reading →

Glad to hear you are also aware of this problem. I have am allergic to Aspartame also. I have to be so incredibly careful what I eat but unfortunately I ingested diet pop in an alcoholic beverage a few weeks … Continue reading →

I’ve been avoiding Aspartame ever since I figured out that it was giving me migraine headaches.  I had heard that there were thousands of complaints of adverse effects almost a decade ago.  My daughter developed a blister under her tongue … Continue reading →

About 6 weeks ago, my boyfriend came home from the grocery with a box of 100 packets of NutraSweet for our coffee. Usually I use Splenda and have had no adverse reaction to it. Closing in on Thanksgiving, I noticed … Continue reading →

I’m new to the group and still trying to learn how to communicate with other members.  Please forgive me if I am posting this to the wrong address or in the wrong place.  I recently reported my memory loss and … Continue reading →

I was a person that used Aspartame regularly in everything as a sugar substitute. Coffee, soda, cakes, pies, even gum. Over time I became very, very ill. I didn’t know what was wrong with me; doctors didn’t know what was … Continue reading →

Understand you are compiling a list of Aspartame victims, my husband spent most of last year flat on his back, had tons of tests with all convinced he had MS until he had clear MRIs (Magnetic Resonance Imaging). Eliminated Aspartame … Continue reading →

Hello, I’m a former National Merit Scholar and University Student. I say “former” because Aspartame has utterly butchered my brain. That’s right. I was a 21 year old with a bright future and an even brighter mind. Traditionally, I’ve scored … Continue reading →

Great Website! People need to be made aware of the dangers of Aspartame. I am 25 years old and reside in England. I used to drink bottles and bottles of Aspartame sweetened cool drink, eat Aspartame sweetened yoghurt etc. Ha, … Continue reading →

Recently my sister forwarded to me an email about the dangers of using artificial sweeteners. I wanted to share with you my recent experience. I have been using artificial sweeteners for many, many years, but in moderation. Recently however I … Continue reading →

I do know that I get very sick when I have Aspartame and that I’m not the only one. Of my own personal friends I know *at least* 8 of them have serious health problems if they have it. Some … Continue reading →

Just four days ago I received an article in an email from a close friend. The wife of a former Army Air Core Helicopter Pilot who served during the 1982 conflict. The report was about the use of sweeteners that … Continue reading →

Struggling with his diabetic diet, Richard Larson, Willits resident, discovered a diet root beer that appealed to him and there were times he would drink a six pack in a day. That has all changed. I began having terrible headaches, … Continue reading →

My husband is a vet and he was told a story by a client about someone who was diagnosed by the doctors with MS.  A friend told her about Aspartame which she stopped and all the symptoms disappeared.  I had … Continue reading →

Several years ago I was doing a Weight Watchers diet program.  I developed terrible abdominal pains, as intense as labor.  My doctor did all sorts of tests and found nothing except my wallet. He kept asking me what I was … Continue reading →

Seven years ago I went on a diet and lost a lot of weight one of the things I did was add all diet drinks and sweeteners to my diet. Shortly after starting this new eating lifestyle I started having … Continue reading →

I am overwhelmed by all the stories on the Internet on Aspartame poisoning. I live in the Tulsa area. I believe Aspartame made me have MS or appear to have MS. Has it been proven that Aspartame causes brain lesions? … Continue reading →

Hello, I just thought I should share my reactions to Aspartame with you. At first I would just get headaches from it.  Then I would leave it alone and try it again at a later date.  Well, my reactions in … Continue reading →

For a few years, my doctor has told me I have Diabetes type II. I had gestational diabetes with three of my children and they said I basically “kept” it afterwards. After reading some things people posted here about NutraSweet, … Continue reading →

I need to find some alternatives to white sugar that are lower calorie. I have quit using sweeteners because I was feeling awful all of the time. I started reading everything I could get my hands on and found out … Continue reading →

I was feeling AWFUL, hypoglycemia, had no energy, headaches all the time, muscle aches and pains, and Galactorreah (unexplained lactation) the whole ball of wax. Anyway, I went to the dr. had to do tons of tests and MRI junk, … Continue reading →

9-10 years ago, I was diagnosed with “undifferentiated connective tissue disease”, whatever that is (a big name for something causing me a lot of pain, and no real idea what).  Subsequently, I was diagnosed with Reynaud’s disease and fibromyalgia.  I … Continue reading →

I was fortunate to have begun my own internet search for info about Aspartame, in early December 2003. It only took a few hours to find enough evidence to convince me to totally abstain from this toxic substance. A recovering … Continue reading →

I have had Aspartame seizures off and on since year 2001. I first experienced the seizures when I bought a box of Slim fast bars to eat at work. I am a janitor and I work alone. I felt fine … Continue reading →

Both my wife and I have numerous symptoms and have been diagnosed with fibromyalgia and Arthritis. She has MS and was almost to a point that she could not walk and her pain was almost unbearable for her. I have … Continue reading →

Why isn’t there a warning label in diet soda or the packets of that poison? I had many of the symptoms as most that I have read here and as soon as I realized that the coffee in the morning, … Continue reading →

I was driving my truck on night and had to pull over with an acute bout of vertigo.  I’m a physician and was not immediately alarmed, rather, annoyed.  From that point on, every 4 or 5 minutes, I developed a … Continue reading →

Hello, I would like to provide my story so it may help someone out there. I have drunk a lot of diet cola for about 20 years. Symptoms started when I was 25 (9 years ago). I was an avid … Continue reading →

I started using Aspartame when it went into all the diet sodas on the market and I had severe headaches and stomach pain on the day that I started drinking the soda with this sweetener in them. I proceeded to … Continue reading →

I just found your website and would like to share with you the problems that I had from drinking diet pop with Aspartame in it. I had joint and muscle pain, tingling hands, fatigue and insomnia. I could hardly stand … Continue reading →

I just read your story about Diet Coke. I had several symptoms of MS and Lou Gerigs disease. My doctor asked me to stop drinking diet pop and in two weeks my symptoms were gone!  Unreal Keep up the good … Continue reading →

First of all, I have spinal stenosis. Those symptoms are lower back pain, numbness after standing for a while and neck pain. Occasional hand tingling, really no big problem. But here were my ASPARTME symptoms: ALL MS / ALS symptoms!!!! … Continue reading →

I have never been able to eat or drink artificial sweeteners of any kind. A mint or a piece of gum causes me to be nauseated, dizzy, confused, severe migraine, panic/anxiety. My symptoms are severe and I have to be … Continue reading →

I have never liked NutraSweet but now none of my family uses it. My niece was only two years old when she started having seizures. They took her to a clinic and determined that it was not epilepsy. At one … Continue reading →

For some people, just getting off Aspartame is enough to recover from problems they may be suffering but in my case, it took a lot more.  My first “episode” was a lot easier to handle – I just stopped using … Continue reading →

In my mid-thirties, I began drinking diet sodas to lose weight.  After 2 years of initial use, I began having headaches and dizziness on a daily basis.  Over-the-counter medications did not improve my symptoms.  Then I began experiencing chronic fatigue, … Continue reading →

I am someone who has a story about Aspartame. I think I went to the Doctor about 5 years ago because I had numbness and tingling in my face which I thought could be the start of a tooth nerve … Continue reading →

Since I can remember I have always drunk diet drinks had sugar free sweets and other food products. About 6 years ago I experienced severe fatigue, loss of feeling and tingling in my fingers and down one side of my … Continue reading →

I only have a few moments to write you a quick note. But I first and foremost would like to thank you for all the information I have obtained through your website about the toxicity of Aspartame. I have been … Continue reading →

My wife’s reaction was so severe that the doc’s thought she had multiple sclerosis for a while. Then she gave up gum with NutraSweet (Aspartame) and voila! No more symptoms! There’s been not a little bit of cover-up for this … Continue reading →

I grew up drinking Diet Dr. Pepper in the 80’s (I think when it was still saccharin).  In the mid-nineties I was a college student.  I started having memory problems.  I’ve always had wonderful short-term memory and did some of … Continue reading →

About 15 years ago I worked in a warehouse that was not air conditioned and I was drinking sodas all day long. Needless to say I started to gain weight, so I made some sugar free Kool-Aid to take to … Continue reading →

I recently moved to a new apartment, and before my kitchen was functional (a period of 6 weeks) I was eating out. Breakfast and lunch each day was purchased at a local petrol station food store, and included iced teas, … Continue reading →

I had always practiced a healthy lifestyle so when Aspartame came out I wouldn’t have anything to do with it. Then due to a health problem I suddenly gained quite a bit of weight. I went to a Dr. who … Continue reading →

Aspartame’s deadly effects are most certainly true.  I am living proof, that if I had not heard about Aspartame 8 years ago and discontinued its use, I would have been dead by now.  I used to drink diet soda’s about … Continue reading →

During the past few years I became somewhat “addicted” to Breath-Saver mints. I typically ate 4 or 5 a day, and bought big packages of them at Costco. I also drank four or five diet Pepsis a week. Symptoms came … Continue reading →

Last year, I had been drinking Diet Coke constantly in a new job that I started last May, Breakfast, mid-day, evening. Probably 4-6 cans a day. Then I decided I liked coffee and started drinking coffee with Equal (Aspartame) in … Continue reading →

I am glad that I found this site and have been reading through most of the case histories. Artificial sweetener has caused so many problems for me I don’t even know where to begin. I started out by using Aspartame … Continue reading →

I didn’t know why I was getting headaches until I started digging around. Aspartame causes “brain lesions”. I stopped eating/drinking NutraSweet/Aspartame products and my spontaneous headaches stopped. Don’t imbibe it. If you don’t notice a headache, it’s probably too late.

In 1998 I switched to Diet Coke because I am overweight. Also in 1998 I started having bouts of Vertigo. The very first one was not severe, but lasted about a month. After the first one, I would have bouts … Continue reading →

I am someone who has known about the poisonousness of Aspartame all along; being I was fortunate enough to have a chemist as a friend.  I was dumb enough to recently ingest it for a week when starting a diet … Continue reading →

Hello! We were e-mailed some information about Aspartame this evening, and the other “artificial” sweeteners by my husband’s uncle, so we went on-line to investigate the rest of the answers that we had questions for, needless to say, what we’ve … Continue reading →

My list of health problems grew longer and longer over the course of drinking diet sodas for 15 years. Never did I imagine it was all related to the diet sodas. I have been very angry since this discovery, as … Continue reading →

I would like to let you know that 3 ½ weeks ago I quit all aspartame and anything diet.  24 years ago when I was pregnant with my second child my doctor told me to go on a diet because … Continue reading →

About 5yrs ago, I was buying NutraSweet at Costco in the box of 500s and using it like crazy in coffee and iced tea. I also drank a lot of Diet Pepsi. I started to have memory problems and work … Continue reading →

Several months ago I started a diet, it was wonderful and I lost 25 lb. The book that help me with this diet told me not to drink any soft drink with Aspartame, but since I needed something sweet, I … Continue reading →

I was reading your toxicity reports on Aspartame and was grateful someone out there is informing the public about this harmful chemical. As a child I had many side effects associated to this chemical. Headaches, Dizziness, Fatigue. I was taught … Continue reading →

This letter is in response to your requests for information regarding my symptoms to what I believe is Aspartame poisoning. My symptoms first began in early 2003. In late 2002, I began to gain weight. My diet included approximately 8 … Continue reading →

As with many of you, I am a skeptic. It is difficult to make me believe something like this. But, I will speak from my own experience. Not the tale told by a friend of a friend, but me personally. … Continue reading →

Funny how the sites that claim Aspartame is harmless somehow have more credence than the ones that come out against it. I’ll go with my personal experience. I had about 10 symptoms, stopped using NutraSweet, and voila! Doing much better.

I just found this website and thought I would send you my story. I grew up in the home of my grandfather who was a diabetic. As a result, the only sodas in our home were diet and as this … Continue reading →

My mother and I always drank diet everything, so when Aspartame took over, we had no choice.  Two years later, my mom began having grand mal seizures (and I developed migraines).  They did all the tests, and found nothing wrong. … Continue reading →

Hello, as one of the new members Betty is referring to, I thought I would introduce myself.  I’m Jennifer.  I began suffering from dizzy spells in elementary school.  Doctors did test after test to no avail. At 12, I began … Continue reading →

I also know people to have been personally effected by those poisons, me being one. I got a positive for Auto Immune disorder last year on my blood test. I stopped drinking Diet Coke and chewing diet gum and things … Continue reading →

Hello my name is Cindy I am from the UK. I have a 13 year old daughter, who is diabetic so drinks lots of sugar-free drinks. This year she has been ill and I was told she has chronic fatigue … Continue reading →

Some years ago I discovered that I have a highly toxic reaction to Aspartame. I would often get headaches and dizziness after drinking a diet soda, and realized the connection. Not considering this, I tried a liquid diet drink to … Continue reading →

AUSTIN, Texas (U-WIRE) – Two years ago at the NCAA Championships in Georgia, the entire University of Texas men’s swimming and diving team stood on the first-place podium. Among them were Justin and Troy Dumais, two brothers whose spectacular dives … Continue reading →

I have trouble with Aspartame myself it causes me to have intraocular migraines.  I get visual disturbances but no headache-and MSG also does this to me. Needless to say, I stay away from Aspartame.  I had been on Weight Watchers … Continue reading →

Thank you for your e-mail. I just want you to know I feel like a different person now. I have detoxed my system with vitamins and French green clay (I read Dr. Janet Starr-Hull’s Detox book). I have found that … Continue reading →

I can also speak on a personal level about Aspartame. Once I weaned myself from it, which took six months, my lingering depression vanished. My short-term memory drastically improved. Maria

LISTEN YA’LL. Over the past week, I have been detoxing from serious toxic poisoning from the Aspartame in Diet Soda. I was drinking Caffeine Free Diet Pepsi 2-3 times a day for 3 weeks and I had the following symptoms: … Continue reading →

ASPARTAME = poison. Worried about the amount of sugar I was consuming I switched to Lite/Max sugar free type colas. Within an hour of drinking a can of Pepsi Max I would get a headache, took me a while to … Continue reading →

Maybe this is why everyone is getting cancer. My father has Prostate and Colon Cancer and he was an Equal addict forever!!!! My mother died 5 years ago of Cardiac issues and she was addicted to Sugar-Free Jell-O (which has … Continue reading →

It is amazing how many of the symptoms mentioned on your website I can relate to, memory loss, floaters, chronic fatigue, dizziness, numbness, depression. Up until July 2004, I had been consuming Aspartame products for 20 years (I’m 36 now), … Continue reading →

I may have missed it, but I have not seen anything on the web so far about NutraSweet inhibiting breast milk production. Only my sister and I have noticed that drinking diet drinks while breastfeeding decreases milk supply, almost immediately. … Continue reading →

I’ve sent this in before but I’m not sure that I sent it to this site or to you. My daughter, Xxxxxxxx, had Petit Mal or absence seizure from the time she was about 3. Another child born to her … Continue reading →

My experience with Aspartame started about 3 years ago. As a cyclist and avid athlete I was looking for a way to keep my weight down during the winter months when I was not riding. I started drinking Diet Dr. … Continue reading →

I was SERIOUSLY ill and doctors didn’t have a clue. They knew it seemed a lot like lupus, MS, fibromyalgia, or a degenerative disease, accompanied by extreme fatigue, memory loss, brain fog, and depression. I am not a person who … Continue reading →

I have had some serious symptoms, sent to numerous specialists and found nothing, the only factor that improvement my symptoms was a pregnancy where I did not consume NutraSweet. After nursing my baby I returned to drinking diet soda and … Continue reading →

Wow, thanks for replying. Yes, I eliminated NutraSweet and I noticed a big improvement. I’d say it was coincidence but the few times I have tried it thinking maybe it was coincidence I ended up with migraines and muscle spasms … Continue reading →

Finally, I have found others who feel like I do! I had numerous stomach problems about 8 years ago, and could not figure out the source of it. I finally self-diagnosed that it was the artificial sweeteners because nearly everything … Continue reading →

About 3 weeks ago, I related to a co-worker (actually we work different shifts, but cross paths often) my story of how seizures from Aspartame ruined my professional life. (I was a driver) He confessed to me that he drank … Continue reading →

First, I wanted to thank you for your web site and all the interesting entries. I have had a symptom I call “floatiness”  – it’s not quite vertigo but as I walk along all of a sudden I will feel … Continue reading →

Over the last 4 years I have had a severe body itch with no rash, while dieting and drinking 4-6 cans of diet soda daily, which contains Aspartame. I have spent thousands of dollars on blood tests and doctors trying … Continue reading →

I would just like to add to the millions of other people who have suffered from the use of Aspartame that I too had symptoms. My sister told me to begin a carb-diet, therefore, encouraging me to drink diet sodas. … Continue reading →

I sufferred sudden heart arrhythmia. The cause was 2 packs of NutraSweet in my coffee 2x per day for a month. My doctor said my heart was healthy, however 6-8 x per day my heart would skip beats. When I … Continue reading →

Turns out NutraSweet or more correctly, Aspartame, or Phenylalanine, is the culprit. Aspartame KILLS neuron connections in your brain. Thus causing short term memory loss, headaches, on down the line. I don’t ever drink or eat anything that has Aspartame … Continue reading →

I’ve been reading all these articles and I’ve started to limit my use of Aspartame no more in my coffee and only one diet drink a day.  The fluttering of my heart which use to occur frequently through the day … Continue reading →

“Last year, my health felt like it was going downhill in general. I had abdominal pains, acid reflux, and worse, my neck started making a “Grinding” sound when I turned it!!! I have had the same exact symptoms for the … Continue reading →

It has been three weeks since I stopped consuming Aspartame products. My memory is clearer, I do not crave food as much as I did, and I am having regular bowel movements.

I have four children. I drank Diet Coke mildly during the first pregnancy, very heavily during the second pregnancy–no consumption of Aspartame during the last two pregnancies. I read the warning on the side of the cans and asked my … Continue reading →

It’s hard to say how Aspartame will affect you. After drinking the “NEW Diet Coke” many years ago I began to feel strange. I had tremors at times and began to feel weak when I hadn’t eaten recently. I was … Continue reading →

After a five year struggle with what was diagnosed as Bipolar II and various failed trials with mood stabilizers and anti-psychotics I was finally fed up. I had read many times about Aspartame causing mood problems but I suppose I … Continue reading →

United Kingdom I used Aspartame in large quantities for 6 years mainly in the form of diet soft drinks, usually at least a 2 litre bottle a day of Diet Coke. I recently had to stop because of dizziness and … Continue reading →

Hi. I just want to post this as I think I have found a solution to the dry itchy skin that I was having on my arms, and want to put the info out there so it might help others. … Continue reading →

In 1995, I was diagnosed with MS. My Neurologist ordered an MRI, which came back CLEAR, which surprised everyone. Continuing to try and convince me I had MS, my Doctor said I was one of the 5% of people whose MS … Continue reading →

The stuff is poison. It causes me RLS (Restless Legs Syndrome). I drank that stuff from the age of 16 to 40 or maybe a little older and too, when I did drink it, I could only drink Pepsi or … Continue reading →

I also got bad headaches when I used to drink diet Pepsi and my heart would beat really hard. I heard a guy on the radio say that brain tumors have increased 6x times NutraSweet came on the market, but … Continue reading →

I’m a 36 year old male that has been in very, very good health my entire life. About 2 years ago I started using Aspartame quite regularly, and ever increasing my usage of it; drinking upwards of 5+ cans of … Continue reading →

I am a newcomer.  My name is Mike G and I am an Aspartame-aholic. I am amazed that I am still alive.  I have been all over the web lately and am grateful for the help that I have received. … Continue reading →

The report on Aspartame confirms the whole story of chronic problems occurring with a great amount of users of this food additive. In our clinic we registered over one hundred cases of serious problems, including convulsive fits, migraines, insomnia, loss … Continue reading →

I believe that the DVT (blood clot) I have was caused by the Aspartame use! I developed a clot in October of 2003 and was taking Aspartame till April 23, 2004 and as of now I still have some edema … Continue reading →

Hi, just want to let you know that I drank diet soda(Pepsi) for years, and had headaches for years, assuming they were allergies and migraines with no real cause for concern, I would just pop some Motrins and be fine. … Continue reading →

I was a pilot in the USAF and was drinking a liter of diet Pepsi per day for several months and developed daily headaches. I went to my flight surgeon and he told me to get off Aspartame as it … Continue reading →

I just wanted to say it is a year since I came off Aspartame and my black spots and floaters have gone completely, I also had blind attacks and am back to normal now, no headaches & my arthritis is … Continue reading →

I was trying to lose weight and started drinking the flavored water from Wal-Mart.  I started getting dizzy spells and felt my strength being zapped from me.  I am a very active person and could not figure out what was … Continue reading →

About a month ago my mother sent me an email warning about the dangers of Aspartame. I believed it to be a usual internet hoax and called my mother to discuss it. After we talked for a while, she asked … Continue reading →

I will be coming in for my annual checkup in July. I wanted to get the word out on my condition so everyone knows to get people off “NutraSweet or Aspartame.” Since I have last seen you, I developed fibromyalgia … Continue reading →

Please be advised, Aspartame is pure poison. For some reason(s), it appears that governmental corruption has continued to allow this toxic substance on the market. The symptoms of this poisoning are so varied, and so profound, and yet, it’s so … Continue reading →

My little 9 year old son takes 4 asthma meds daily.  I was noticing horrible behavior issues with him.  He is sweet and docile and kind. Fights with his siblings. But relatively fabulous. Well. We were trying to figure out … Continue reading →

A friend told me that Aspartame was very bad. I didn’t quite understand since I thought that diet sodas were calorie free and loaded with caffeine as a stimulant for energy. So I searched the web and came across your … Continue reading →

I had many side effects from using Equal (Aspartame).  I suffered with migraine headaches daily (previous diet Pepsi drinker). I also began to experience lower abdominal pain and I was eventually diagnosed with interstitial cystitis.  I did research on Aspartame … Continue reading →

I have been reading your website and it is comforting to know I am only one of many, many people who “diagnosed” themselves with Aspartame sensitivity and was correct in this assumption! Many people really seem skeptical when I tell … Continue reading →

Just wanted to give an update. I have been off Aspartame for 25 days now and my symptoms have greatly subsided. I still have a day here and there, had a little relapse a week ago, but am back on … Continue reading →

After stopping diet soda and other diet products, my MS like symptoms are almost nonexistent. Not to mention the mood swings and depression and anxiety, heart palpitations and chronic headaches I had for years have all subsided. I had every … Continue reading →

Health History. No major illnesses or need for medical treatment in the first 26 years of my life (except for usual childhood illnesses, such as chicken-pox). I was a regular consumer of diet-sodas, such as Diet Coke, for about 15 … Continue reading →

I read recently in a Yoga Journal that migraine sufferers should not have Aspartame, that it could be a migraine trigger. I knew the stuff was bad for you, but never thought a piece of gum now and again could … Continue reading →

I am finding that the knowledge out there that Aspartame is in chewable vitamins and children’s vitamins is rare. Although I did not know that it was actually poison, I was made aware of Aspartame health hazards back in 1991 … Continue reading →

As I’m cleaning out my account here, I came across this email I had saved. I don’t think I ever replied but I wanted to let you know how big of a change it made for me to stop using … Continue reading →

Thanks for all the info, that will keep me busy reading for a while. Here’s my story I quit using Aspartame & all other fake sweeteners in ’97 when I learned from a wise lady at a health food store … Continue reading →

I have been through menopause for about 5 years and am now 60 years old. In 2002 I started bleeding and bled for months.  This was diagnosed as polyps in the uterus. I had an operation to remove a large … Continue reading →

I am a forty one year old male. I am a police officer and an avid runner. I was addicted to a very popular and well known diet soft drink which during my last year of usage included a twist … Continue reading →

I think you are doing a wonderful service to the public. Ten years ago, I was suffering from such horrible pain; my whole body was in pain, and I would tremble, and couldn’t sleep, would cry in my sleep, and … Continue reading →

Physical therapy for 3 months for “frozen shoulder” very painful to move arms due to pain in both shoulder joints. Someone sent me an article on ASPARTAME.  I removed it from my diet.  My shoulder problem cleared up in less … Continue reading →

I don’t have time to write a long note now, but after consuming diet drinks for many years I suddenly began experienced vision problems (blurring, double vision) which disappeared after I stopped consuming Aspartame. This occurred about four years ago. … Continue reading →

Last July I started having problems standing up and lying down to bed, because of vertigo problems.  I actually started missing work due to these problems.  After going to my doctor and ENT they diagnosed the problem as vertigo and … Continue reading →

About 8 years ago my husband and I started the Atkins diet. We started drinking diet sodas, specifically diet Pepsi.  We stopped the dieting but continued with the Diet sodas. About 5 years ago my husband started having really bad … Continue reading →

I posted this on the Aspartame Support Group on Yahoo. I didn’t know if you kept up with it or not. I am a 40 year old woman with 3 children ages 17, 4 1/2 and 2 1/2. Here is … Continue reading →

I am a healthy 35 year old, healthy, fit, male. I was on the Adkins, low carb, low sugar diet for a couple months where I drank 4-5 diet pops, ate numerous sugar-free (Aspartame laced) foods and chewed sugar free … Continue reading →

I get these symptoms off and on and recently noted it’s when I’ve been consuming Aspartame. I avoid it but get the symptoms again and find I’ve been consuming it without my knowledge. It used to be on the label … Continue reading →

Just an update from an e-mail we exchanged in February and also to MS Focus.  I had been diagnosed as pre-MS by my doctor.  That day I went off my diet Pepsi habit of 5-8 cans a day. It is … Continue reading →

Hello I just read your webpage and I thought I was the only person with the allergy to this NASTY stuff. Cause every time people hear about my allergy they are so shocked and amazed. I’m now 23 years old … Continue reading →

I had been drinking diet sprite for years and years with no real problem other than panic attacks that I thought were from a neurological standpoint but then this past May 2003 I started getting a burning rash around my … Continue reading →

I also thank the Lord for the existence of that generous man, Dave Rietz, with Dorway. He helped give me information that would not have reached me in time to save my vision, if it hadn´t been for him and … Continue reading →

I have suffered from Migraines for years. As soon as I gave up NutraSweet my migraines disappeared. All those Cat Scans and MRI’s for nothing.

Since I last wrote my brother has been off NutraSweet since then. My brother’s lupus type symptoms completely went away. My brother has been a physician for over 10 years.  His doctor (a specialist) who has been treating him has … Continue reading →

I’m a 28 year old mom of four children suffering from the Aspartame.  About one and half years ago I woke up with tingling in my feet within a week it was up both my legs and I could not … Continue reading →

I am a 62 year old Caucasian male who retired as a deputy sheriff in 1997 and who became an artist.  Everything in my life was going very well health wise until about three years ago when my personal physician … Continue reading →

I suffer from depression and PTSD. I started drinking diet soda to help me lose some weight. After about 3 months, I started to be plagued with constant anxiety, insomnia and irrational thoughts. I had read somewhere that artificial sweeteners … Continue reading →

I am a physician and treat a lot of people with fibromyalgia, Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, Myofascial Pain Syndrome (Yes, they are real diseases in spite of what a lot of previous MDs have told some of my patients in their … Continue reading →

For years I suffered with IBS. I was a diet Pepsi junkie. I stopped drinking it and any other forms of Aspartame. Within DAYS my IBS was gone! By mistake, I drank a diet Pepsi about a week after I … Continue reading →

Why I believe they were caused by Aspartame: Because they stopped when I stopped drinking diet beverages. Did the symptoms go away? Yes, after about a month or two. For a period of some months in 1992, I had regular … Continue reading →

I have used Aspartame for years and then developed Migraine headaches. I simply stopped using it and the head aches disappeared. Sometimes I will accidentally consume Aspartame and will suffer an extreme Migraine, and sure enough when I check the … Continue reading →

I lost my job Sept 15; staying at home, I started drinking more coffee-my sweetener contained Aspartame. My intake went from 4 pkgs. to 8 pkgs. per day. Two weeks later I could not walk without holding on to something … Continue reading →

I have been doing a lot of research on the use of artificial sweeteners especially Aspartame. I find your information astounding. I had been a frequent user of diet soft drinks, sugar free gum, etc. I was watching a news … Continue reading →

My husband used to be a big diet soda drinker. A couple of years ago he started complaining about forgetfulness and fuzzy thinking. It was scary. I remembered an article I had read about artificial sweeteners and their effect on … Continue reading →

I am writing for my husband. We have been married 15 years. When we met he started drinking diet sodas. And exclusively so. I don’t drink sodas. Since then he has gained 70 lbs., even though we eat the same … Continue reading →

I was just doing some internet surfing on the wonder sweetener that I hate so much, and I found your website so I thought I’d send a message and you can add me to your list of victims when you … Continue reading →

I experience extreme migraines anytime I have consumed NutraSweet. Elimination of NutraSweet in my diet has tremendously decreased the number of migraines I have.

I am a mother of an eight year old daughter. When she was 4 years old she became very belligerent, crying fits, uncontrollable, completely out of control. The behavior was completely the opposite of the sweet little girl she usually … Continue reading →

I have just discovered the horrible effects of Aspartame. I have been a Coca-Cola drinker for years (not knowing it contained Aspartame). I also chewed Trident White sugarless gum for many years not realizing any harm was being done. In … Continue reading →

I stumbled upon your web site after reading about milk and it’s additives at notmilk.com. I had been using Equal for everything. I was overweight about 7 years ago and decided to follow the Atkins put me on Glucophage to … Continue reading →

For the last three years, I have had severe pains in my legs and feet. I started walking daily and it seemed to just get worse.   I thought it was bad shoes I have been ingesting sugar free products for … Continue reading →

My husband and I consumed diet sodas for two years, trying to cut sugar from our diets. In the past few months, we experienced unexplainable symptoms.  I remember seeing an e-mail on Aspartame. I did some research on this and … Continue reading →

I’m 31 and I suffered for a few years because of Aspartame.  I could have died and left my children without a mother if you wouldn’t have put the information out there.  Within a month of cutting Aspartame out of … Continue reading →

Thought I’d send this to you. I’ve been to the doctor on and off for the last four years and recently went to see an endocrinologist regarding my symptoms. I wanted to get to the bottom of it as I’ve … Continue reading →

Well, May 13 it will have been 60 days free of Aspartame!!! And I’ll tell you, I have noticed an improvement so far! Severe insomnia IMPROVED!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! For the most part, I’m sleeping pretty regularly now. The only thing I’ve found … Continue reading →

I wish I could say I am glad to be a member of this list but who can be glad about having their life ruined by deliberate cruelty in the name of the Almighty Dollar.  But I am tremendously thankful … Continue reading →

Very poor comprehension, forgetfulness, dizziness, joint and muscle pain, headaches, fatigue, and numbness in my fingers were symptoms I experienced while consuming Aspartame.  For at least seven years, I tried to avoid sugar whenever I could, buying products using Aspartame … Continue reading →

Approximately 3 years ago while trying to cut back on sugar I began drinking a lot of Crystal Light Lemonade. At the time I was an RN on a cardiovascular unit. I have had very rare occasional PVC’s throughout the … Continue reading →

I was very pleased to find that your site had information about sucralose, as I have been wary of trying any sugar free products after my experience with Aspartame. Last summer, I was trying to lose weight, and consumed a … Continue reading →

I have been off Aspartame now since 21st February 2003, being close to 5 months now. I think I’m coming back to the normal world which has been the worst nightmare for the past 8 – 9 years at least. … Continue reading →

I was drinking the flavored water from Sam’s not knowing about the problems with Aspartame.  I started having severe dizzy spells to the point it would affect one side of my body. It was like I did not have control … Continue reading →

I heard somewhere that South Africa adds Aspartame to sugar. If that is true it is very difficult to avoid it. I am an Aspartame poisoning sufferer and my headaches are on the right-rear part of my brain. Feels like … Continue reading →

Stacy (Feb 6, 2003):  I know, for a fact that diet drinks and anything else, almost all chewing gum and candy (even the sugary kind, you have to read the labels) that contains Aspartame is so, so bad for you.  … Continue reading →

I get a highly uncomfortable Dysphoria from consuming about half a soda drink with Aspartame. It feels about ten times worse than having consumed way too much caffeine. I also get stomach pain. I avoid it like poison; to my … Continue reading →

As for Aspartame, I was damn near non ambulatory with a diagnosis of beginning stage Multiple Sclerosis last year. Needing leg braces to do what little walking I could do. At the advice of a colleague I stopped ALL intake … Continue reading →

I was in the same boat, and I’m a physician for crik’s sake. I was diagnosed with MS after no one else could explain why I had visible holes in the myelin sheath of my spinal nerves. It debilitated me … Continue reading →

I am a 67 y/o RN with a Master of Science degree in management working in occupational and environmental health since 19xx.  Through diet elimination strategy, I learned that my idiopathic pressure Urticaria resulted from years of ingesting diet Pepsi … Continue reading →

I was having dizzy spells, where I felt as though I had lost my sense of equilibrium.  One was so bad I had to leave work that day (I am a school bus driver).  It felt as though my brain … Continue reading →

Since the day I found out what Aspartame is, I have tried as hard as possible to cut it out of my diet, but in this day in age it is so difficult, they put Aspartame in anything with sweeteners, … Continue reading →

Aspartame is the devil. I used to have temporary fuzzy blindness spells.  Turns out I chewed too much Winterfresh gum. Stopped chewing it and never had those spells again. Well, until last week, that is. I bought a pack of … Continue reading →

My husband worked in the NutraSweet plant for almost a year. He always came home covered in it. He said the same plant also makes anti-freeze or something like that with it. He also said every person that works in … Continue reading →

Hey on a completely unrelated topic, anyone think that I may be allergic to Aspartame, because of the fact that anytime I drink something diet I get an unbelievably horrid headache and dizziness? Anyone?

Have you noticed your memory getting a little fuzzy lately? Can’t remember names? Forgetting what you’re supposed to be doing? Losing your car? I posted most of the following under the “Alzheimer’s” caption a few days ago, but very few … Continue reading →

I also had a terrible problem with Aspartame. I used the stuff for many years and all during that time I suffered from terrible depression. Every day I would at some point have an awful sinking feeling, I can’t even … Continue reading →

Ditto on all the Aspartame ragging! I used to drink the stuff because I could not handle sugar, until I started getting absolutely horrible headaches. Finally made the connection one day and stopped the diet pop – and improved tremendously. … Continue reading →

I hope this is taken to heart! My cousin and my niece who have the diagnosis of MS both have been taken off Aspartame with dramatic improvement in their condition! My cousin is now out of the nursing home and … Continue reading →

Aspartame – it’s bad for me. Sets off absence seizures, jerks and simple and complex partial seizures like clockwork. But I do oh so crave a Diet Coke. Twice I’ve cheated. Twice I’ve suffered.

One of the changes I made was to no longer consume artificial sweeteners (Aspartame, saccharin, etc.). I had read an article a while back regarding joint pain and Aspartame, but it took me a while to decide to give it … Continue reading →

It is now 45 days since I stopped using all forms of Aspartame/NutraSweet and all of my PVC’s have all but gone away. I get a seldom occurring minor hit of maybe 3-5 in a 1 hour period, but I … Continue reading →

Many people don’t think they’re eating/drinking Aspartame but it’s in so many products if you don’t read the fine print on the labels you may not know. I’m an Aspartame “survivor” – finally free of it after 18 years of … Continue reading →

This may be a bit controversial, but the use of Aspartame, also known as Equal, has caused me incalculable harm.  I have joint pain that has caused me to become legally disabled.  This is not only from my diabetic neurological … Continue reading →

I drank diet soda when that Aspartame first came out. I would go on my daily bicycle ride which was a 13 mile trip around the Ocean Drive to my house. I would take a rest and drink one soda. … Continue reading →

I wish it were just a matter of tasting the stuff (which I can).  I’m one of those people for whom Aspartame causes severe migraines.

I was sick for a very long time. I was experiencing daily headaches, extreme fatigue, and depression. Doctor’s couldn’t find the cause of my symptoms. I finally ended up visiting a nutritionist. She determined that all my problems related to … Continue reading →

I have also had a very bad experience with Aspartame. I was running to the doctor regularly for several years and had all kinds of tests done. They thought I was a hypochondriac and ended up giving me Prozac for … Continue reading →

I did eventually cut out diet soda and other Aspartame containing products from my diet and I did feel much better. I tried Splenda (diet rite) a couple of times and got real sick and headaches from it. Now I … Continue reading →

I’m trying to figure out what to write about in my technical writing class, and I think Aspartame and MS-like symptoms would be perfect for me.  I have another story to add to this website, but first I would like … Continue reading →

I’m now 2½ weeks Aspartame free. I also cut out MSG (which, might I add, was a lot more difficult considering all of the products out there with MSG in them – no more Doritos or Stove Top Stuffing or … Continue reading →

I can add a few symptoms to your list. I can’t tolerate Aspartame in large quantities. I get severe kidney pain, headaches and my periods get out of whack.  The doctors thought I was nuts, but when I went off … Continue reading →

Aspartame definitely triggers migraines in me. It is not a good substance to consume. I quit drinking/eating diet/light products. You would be amazed at the number of products this stuff is in. It greatly reduced the number of migraines I … Continue reading →

My sister and I were talking a couple of weeks ago and she told me that she had stopped taking Aspartame in any food or drink because of all of the warnings and info from web sites she has read … Continue reading →

I have irritable bowel syndrome. I do not drink any diet drinks of any kind. I do not use Equal, Sweet’ n Low, or any other substitute. If I do, I will bloat and cramp really bad for the next … Continue reading →

I wanted to warn my fellow diabetics about Aspartame (NutraSweet, equal, spoonful, etc.) I loved pop and I drank almost a 12 pack a day. I became so ill while drinking diet drinks, but I didn’t have any idea what … Continue reading →

I believe that NutraSweet is dangerous to anyone not just diabetics. I used to get tingling in my hands and feel like I was on drugs when I was consuming diet soda and snacks. It was like moving in slow … Continue reading →

I just wanted to say that I can tell if I have had any Aspartame because I immediately get a really bad headache. Someone told me that it was actually wood alcohol? Anyway, I use Splenda in moderation and have … Continue reading →

Has anyone ever heard of Aspartame Toxicity? I have recently read a lot about it on the web. Here’s the deal, I drank diet sodas for 16 years. I would say from 2-4 liters a day. My wife made me … Continue reading →

It was about 10 years ago. I was a Diet Coke addict. I drank about 2 liters a day. Oh, I loved the taste so much and began noticing that I seemed thirstier when I wasn’t drinking my Diet Cokes. … Continue reading →

Splenda may not be for everyone. I have had IB (Irritable Bowel) problems in the past, so that may explain my reaction. I ate one “candy” bar made with Splenda and was in the bathroom the rest of the night … Continue reading →

I am “allergic” to Aspartame. I become dizzy, lose the ability to concentrate, feel VERY tired, and get headaches. All within a few hours of consuming, say, a 16 oz. can of Diet Pepsi or something comparable.

From 1990-2003, I drank Diet Coke. From 1990-2003 I gained 50 pounds. I stand 5’7 with a small frame and was beside myself with frustration from weight gain. I did Weight Watchers, Nutri-System, Atkins, Jenny Craig, Phen Fen, and Atkins … Continue reading →

I do not advocate consuming anything with Aspartame in it. A year ago I gave up diet drinks at the advice of a well-educated cousin, who warned about the harmful effects of Aspartame. I was having horrible abdominal pain and … Continue reading →

And the biggest thing I have to avoid: NutraSweet or any other artificial sweetener.  I gave up diet sodas and felt so much better. Now if I even have a stick of gum with NutraSweet I get a bad migraine.

I have found a trigger for me is NutraSweet I take 2 sips of a diet pop and I’ll have a migraine. New York peppermint patties trigger one for me too.

Anything with Aspartame is a HUGE trigger for me.  I have stayed completely clear of artificial sweeteners for years. I recently discovered a natural sweetener that is considered “diet”.  It is called Stevia.  It does not trigger migraines for me.  … Continue reading →

Last night, I decided to do some browsing on the Internet concerning NutraSweet.  I have had severe problems in the past for many years with this stuff, but finally tested myself by leaving it alone for 3 weeks and found … Continue reading →

I used to drink a diet soda with lunch.  Then I switched to decaf diet soda for lunch to eliminate the caffeine. Did this for a few months and slept better at night. Then I switched from decaf diet soda … Continue reading →

Aha! Another convert back to sugar? I actually used to think the people who warned about Aspartame were neurotic and the type who were afraid of ‘anything new’. I loved diet soda, using the stuff on my cereal, on fruit, … Continue reading →

I would like to register a complaint about NutraSweet. I have experienced headaches, short term memory loss, dizziness, and seizure-like symptoms while consuming this product. Because of the above symptoms, I spent several years seeing neurologists who ran a litany … Continue reading →

I would like to tell you about my personal experiences with Aspartame and what I feel that it has done to me. In the last two years I have become a *heavy* Diet Pepsi drinker (approximately 2 two liters a … Continue reading →

I am just writing to update my personal Aspartame story. 😉 Sometime a little over 60 days ago I wrote to you with my horror story about Aspartame. I am the 21 year old who felt as though I were … Continue reading →

I had been OFF Aspartame 3 months and was feeling pretty well; THEN I had a snowball. The tingling started in my legs and feet, I lost my balance, had a headache that persisted for 6 hours, couldn’t sleep and … Continue reading →

I have been OFF Aspartame for three months! I couldn’t FEEL my hands and toes and would trip and fall!!  Now I can feel them!!!! Chewing the sugarless gum or anything with Aspartame is really bad since it works through … Continue reading →

Well, I have been detoxing from Aspartame since Feb 1998, and TODAY, the #1 MS Dr. in N.O. told me that I presented as NORMAL with NO MS symptomology!!!!!

I began to have head tremors about a year or so ago, and they were getting worse.  Whenever I was tired or sitting still watching TV or (very embarrassing) in the middle of a meeting, my head would shake.  To … Continue reading →

I am a type II diabetic and had been taking NutraSweet for years.  I had noticed that stress and anxiety in my body, especially in the morning on waking up and stretchy legs at night.  I felt uncomfortable with this … Continue reading →

Just thought I would give you an update.  I don’t know if this is important in your records but I thought I would pass it on.  When I had my acute vertigo attack and thought I was having a heart … Continue reading →

I am wondering how Cindy’s CAT scan turned out. I know she didn’t mention anything about NutraSweet, but for those who did, I also have had an experience with it and it was most unpleasant. It was about 8-10 years … Continue reading →

I found your site just in time and it has stopped me cold.  I no longer use anything with Aspartame.  In 1992, I was diagnosed with Severe Hypoglycemia.  I was told to not ingest any sugar whatsoever, and I was … Continue reading →

This is a very accurate account of my life on Aspartame.  Seems to me that anyone who is using Aspartame and having problems could find correlations with their symptoms, as I did with mine.  I connected dates with employment and … Continue reading →

Unfortunately, my own husband, Ken, was one of them.  Late last summer he was having a bad headache located mostly on one side of his head.   He went into the Univ. of Utah Medical Center for an MRI.   They discovered … Continue reading →

Had to send in my personal experience before stumbling off to bed. I did have neurological symptoms that I feel were the result of consuming sugar free desserts and drinks sweetened with Aspartame. I had muscle tremors that made it … Continue reading →

I would like to add my own story to that of the growing list of people who have suffered adverse reactions to Aspartame.  My story is actually an old one.  Back when the cola companies first started putting NutraSweet in … Continue reading →

NO!!! I sure don’t! I did when it first came out (I was in about 10th grade), and it made me very sick. I was using it in everything-“Diet coke” “Extra” gum “Equal”, etc.   Finally my doctor figured out that … Continue reading →

Hi. I read your post and thought I’d tell you my story the short version. I drank 5-6 16oz of diet soda a day. I’m small 100lbs (not anymore but I was). I’ve been doing this for at least 3yrs. … Continue reading →

I don’t know about NutraSweet being bad for everyone, but I know that it makes me deathly ill.  Headaches, sick to my stomach, really raunchy taste.  But I am one of those that just can’t stomach it.  My mom has … Continue reading →

I am a 37-year-old teacher, who has always been in good health. I eat healthy foods, but I have one bad habit.  I began drinking Dt. Coke three years ago, and I am up to two 20 oz. Diet Cokes … Continue reading →

If you do some searching on NutraSweet you will find many articles detailing the side effects of Aspartame including increased risk of brain tumors, and numerous other health problems resulting from methanol and formaldehyde released during digestion of NutraSweet or … Continue reading →

I am SO angry.  I and my 10 year old son have been off of this since August and almost all my symptoms are gone!  He no longer has asthma and now no longer needs to wear glasses!!!! I don’t … Continue reading →

I was intrigued by the posting for the conference Aspartame: Nutrapoison??, unfortunately I was unable to make it.  However, I have had personal experiences with Aspartame that I would like to share.  About 10 years ago my grandmother became ill … Continue reading →

My little girl was seven when she started to experience problems. She is a tubby little thing – it runs in our family and always has. When I was expecting her I stuck to low call drinks and food. As … Continue reading →

Thanks for your note and all of the information – You will never understand just how grateful I am for the trouble you took on that one night to send that information. I suffered post-traumatic stress syndrome for two years … Continue reading →

On Jan 1, 1998, I quit eating anything that had Aspartame in it.  It used to be an important part of my diet since I have always been horizontally gifted.  My first recollection of Aspartame was when Tab was removed … Continue reading →

I was drinking a lot of Ribena light (a reduced sugar, blackcurrant drink) and using a lot of low sugar chewing gum in January this year. I started getting severe heart rhythm abnormalities (known as “ectopic” beats) which have stopped … Continue reading →

I don’t know whether Aspartame weight gain was psychological or actual.  I do know that I developed increasing headaches and vision problems due to Aspartame which I stopped consuming over a year ago. In its place, I simply changed my … Continue reading →

I just read your long article on NutraSweet.  I have Chronic Fatigue Syndrome which I attribute to chemical/pesticide poisoning which altered my immune system so that I was susceptible to the yet to be discovered virus that causes CFS. That’s … Continue reading →

Yes, I got the information I wanted.  Yes, I am a victim and I have known that for over 10 years now.  However, I was unaware of the awareness groups as well as the other major side effects.  As a … Continue reading →

Yup.  Both with having side-effects and with digging through long list of ingredients to make sure that something I’m going to eat doesn’t have Aspartame in it.  (A good indicator is if it warns Phenylketonurics not to eat this.) My … Continue reading →

I suffered for about a year with what my doctor thought was some kind of “chronic mono” or “chronic fatigue syndrome.”  In addition to fatigue, I had extreme difficulty concentrating, and felt like I never came completely awake all day.  … Continue reading →

You may be skeptical of the research and comments made on that particular web site, and sometimes I am also skeptical of everyone who always seems to want to be suspicious of EVERYTHING. BUT, I truly believe that Aspartame is … Continue reading →

We have known, for years that NutraSweet is a significant bladder irritant for Interstitial Cystitis patients.  With the small open wounds in the bladder membrane that most IC patients have, NutraSweet is one of those compounds that appear to easily … Continue reading →

Did anyone use a lot of this before CFS? Not before but after in attempt to lose all the weight lying in bed created.  I got major urinary pain, but the urologist couldn’t find anything.  He even did a biopsy, … Continue reading →

I had an epiphany about NutraSweet and quit using it two months ago and guess what?  The tiny flare-ups I had a night are gone, gone, gone. Not a twinge. Just want to let you-all know. I observe all the … Continue reading →

Does this stuff give you somewhat of a mental block? I’m hypoglycemic and I can’t have anything with a lot of sugar in it. Around last October I started drinking lots of Sparkling soda, ice cream, candy, etc. sweetened with … Continue reading →

My beloved wife Kelli died last month.  She was 37 years old.  She left behind an 8 year old daughter. Kelli died of a brain tumor.  She was a heavy user of Aspartame.  On a typical day, she would consume … Continue reading →

Has anyone else on this list experienced headaches or a feeling that your eyes were going to pop out of their sockets at night (when you’re trying to go to sleep).  This latter symptom has happened to me twice and … Continue reading →

I am off this poison and feel much better. However, my friend’s son is 37 and has been rushed to the hosp. twice now for severe chest pains and was just told that it is not a heart problem. He … Continue reading →

I know for me I get horrible headaches, extra foggy, and horrible pains in my stomach with any artificial sweetener.  I finally talked my husband to try not drinking diet pop for one month.  I just figured all his weird … Continue reading →

I know from personal experience that Aspartame, NutraSweet etc. gives me horrible, and I mean dreadful, migraines.  Aspartame also stimulates appetite, I don’t know where I read this, but I have read it in a paper or something. I have … Continue reading →

I’m 42, male, in reasonable general health (if slightly overweight) and run a small computer company near Oxford, U.K. I switched to Aspartame-based sweeteners in tea and coffee several years ago. Over the past 9 months I’ve been suffering from … Continue reading →

I cut that garbage out of my diet in December.  I found the dizzy spells I was getting have almost disappeared!  I never heard of swelling as a side effect of Aspartame, but I wouldn’t doubt it!  Dizzy spells, headaches, … Continue reading →

My own experience with Aspartame (NutraSweet) is that is gives me screaming headaches.  Several years ago when I was dieting and constantly complaining of headaches, my neighbor (a nurse with an epileptic son who was also affected by Aspartame) suggested … Continue reading →

I found this spring that my feet were swelling for the first time in my life. My internist suggested I walk more (this during the rainy spring we are having in NYC–rain makes my legs feel like each one is … Continue reading →

Aspartame (a.k.a. NutraSweet) gives me unbearable headaches — it started slowly, and built up with my use of any diet substances containing Aspartame.  Within the first month after it was introduced, the insides of my elbows and the backs of … Continue reading →

I have struggled with weight all my life and I have tried most every type of diet out there. I have found that I have one really big problem with NutraSweet. Every time that I use it, I get really … Continue reading →

I react badly to Aspartame/NutraSweet.  It makes me feel (mentally) something like a combination of caffeine overdose and a “fever delirium.”  High-speed, jumbled thoughts, with (physically) twitchy nerves and jerks.  The mental part is similar to a “moderate” Anxiety episode.  … Continue reading →

I lived for the best part of a year with an allergy no doctor could explain, a skin crawling and sometimes pins and needle itch you would not believe. I went everywhere to find the problem, I was told to … Continue reading →

Aha, panic attacks. Mine are gone (fingers crossed) and I gave up Aspartame about three months ago. I’d been taking it in Diet Coke for a good few years. Don’t miss it one bit.

A headache?  What I got was a technicolor headache with vision impairment and a feeling that I was going to die, die, die, and an emergency trip to the doctor.  *Just* a migraine.

I’ve had two classic migraines, including aura, both triggered by Aspartame.  Bleah.  I now occasionally have a sinus headache morph into a migraine, less severe than the Aspartame ones.

Ok, now to Aspartame.  While surfing the net about MSG, I ran across a site about Aspartame and it’s affects.  Yeah, I’ve read that there is lots of controversy over this product, and I don’t want to start anything with … Continue reading →

My wife has been off Aspartame for approximately two months and has noticed a significant reduction in her headaches.  The few that she still gets are much less severe.  There was a definite change immediately after she stopped using the … Continue reading →

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 … Continue reading →

NutraSweet has Aspartame in it, and Aspartame thins out the lining in the blood vessels. For those who suffer from frequent headaches or from migraine headaches, this can become a serious problem, as the thinning of the blood vessel lining … Continue reading →

About 10 years ago I participated in a double blind study of the effects of Aspartame at Duke University. I was asked to be included because I had complained to the FDA and some medical doctors interested in the substance’s … Continue reading →

My brother is a company president, used to drink 4 to 6 cans per day at work, of diet soda. After I forwarded him your info, he quit. Then he thanked me, saying, I used to get KILLER headaches every … Continue reading →

I want to share a personal experience concerning Aspartame. A couple of weeks ago I bought this raspberry juice concentrate. A week later I started to feel weird. I was tired out of my mind. I had problems with my … Continue reading →

I have been off diet sodas, diet anything with Aspartame, for three months now and I can really tell an improvement in how I feel.  I have now convinced my great aunt, daughter and several of my daughter’s friends to … Continue reading →

There is something terribly wrong with NutraSweet. I drank lots of Diet Sodas for a long time, and always had terrible migraine headaches. I couldn’t figure out what the problem was.  I went to doctors and then to a Special … Continue reading →

I have found that anything with NutraSweet (Aspartame) I think it’s pronounced as/par/tame, gives me a “blow my brains out” headache. I can tolerate one Diet Coke or anything with NutraSweet in it, without the headache, then real trouble.  It … Continue reading →

Aspartame gives me severe migraines (about the only way I ever experience them!). Damn shame about these neato mints- I guess I won’t be buying them any time soon. It’s this witches’ brew of poisons that actually tastes “sweet”, not … Continue reading →

I too suffer 12 hour migraine headaches after drinking a single diet soda. The first time it happened was after staying up all night playing “Empire” on the VAX-750 at Interactive Graphic Systems back in 1984. When the sun came … Continue reading →

Thank you for the Aspartame information.  I have migraine headaches when I ingest Aspartame thus I try to make certain I do not eat or drink anything with Aspartame.

As I originally told you, each morning of my life for approx. 15 years, I consumed an entire pot of coffee with approx. 3-5 packets of NutraSweet or NatraTaste or Equal in each cup per day.  Along with a high … Continue reading →

Concerning your headaches, have you considered a possible allergy to NutraSweet? I experienced migraine headaches for many months, often drinking a diet soda when the headache started, thinking the caffeine would help the pain. A friend suggested the headaches might … Continue reading →

To my point, in desperation I decided to ditch all discernible forms of NutraSweet, and am amazed at how much more my food cravings have let up (haven’t thought about pop tarts all day long!).

The NutraSweet and coffee might also be a problem.   They can both be trouble for some people as they are very sensitive to it.  I cut out the NutraSweet and went to Stevia and I immediately dropped weight.

Whenever we give Nathan a regular soda (not often) he is a super great angel, behaving and sitting and happy.  The NutraSweet in Diet Cokes is BAD and gives an adverse reaction.

I cannot take anything with NutraSweet or anything like NutraSweet. It gives me severe headaches. So needless to say I stay away from anything like that. Also MSG gives me headaches. So I watch for that also.

I tried to quit diet Pepsi, cold turkey, and almost died when my metabolism essentially shut down.  I was taken to the emergency room at a local hospital, and no one knew what was wrong with me or why I … Continue reading →

I cringe at the thought of people drinking/eating stuff with the ingredient known as Aspartame. I find it to trigger my headaches. People should realize that it leaves an after taste in their mouths as well. A lot of people … Continue reading →

I must tell you and others that had it NOT been for the Aspartame discussion, I would not have found out what was triggering my desire for carbs. It was the diet sodas.  There have been topics of discussion that … Continue reading →

I wrote you in August.  I got off of Aspartame on August 22nd.   It just sent FDA a message; I hope it got to the right place.  I couldn’t find what I wanted.  It had a comment page that I … Continue reading →

I am 26 years old and I have never had a serious medical condition in my life.  Recently, I began having blackouts, feeling rather run down, and I was having frequent mood swings.  I consider myself to be in excellent … Continue reading →

I have been off Aspartame for some time now and I have been under the care of a fine doctor to rid myself of the chemical.  My confusion (getting lost on the way home) disappeared as soon as I stopped … Continue reading →

Let me first commend you and your “partners in crime” for the work that you do in reference to Aspartame and its ill effects on the human body.  As a sufferer of Aspartame poisoning, I feel quite strongly that you … Continue reading →

I have had more than 1 doctor warn me about NutraSweet.  Funny, I don’t use it anyway.  Because my first time ingesting it resulted in hallucinations and the most incredible anxiety I have ever experienced.  I ran into my mother’s … Continue reading →

Yes I am off of Aspartame completely!!  Have been feeling good.  Haven’t had any seizures and have been able to cut back on my Dilantin.  I am also cutting out caffeine now.  Of course my neurologist won’t admit that Aspartame … Continue reading →

I have been plagued with unknown health problems for 3 years. Been to several doctors, had all kinds of tests run, and after the tests confirmed I had nothing wrong, and I was still having seizures, I begin to eliminate … Continue reading →

I just wanted to let you know how I’m feeling after two weeks away from NutraSweet.  You may remember I had spoken to xxxxx xxxxxxx about a non-pharmaceutical for my excruciating insomnia – well, I no longer need one, as … Continue reading →

I found your list of reactions to NutraSweet while searching for something else. I thought I would let you know I finally discovered the cause of my terrible itchy skin after 4 months of lotions potions doctors and even a … Continue reading →

I am a long haul trucker who’s been driving safely for 20 years. Last year I was in an accident caused by a dizzy spell or seizure. I would drink large amounts of coffee with an Aspartame sweetener along with … Continue reading →

I try not to eat anything, chew gum, or drink anything that contains NutraSweet.  A few years ago I realized that sometimes when I chewed gum, I would choke and lose my breath for several seconds, which is VERY scary. … Continue reading →

I also was interested in the Aspartame post.  I’ve taken myself off it for years because it caused migraines, irritability, and cloudiness in thinking.  I used to consume large amounts in college when I was trying to conform to the … Continue reading →

Thanks for the info.  I took Logan off it totally about a year and a half ago, and his language and “with-it-ness” increased dramatically within a week. Been suffering from depression for a couple of years now.  Don’t know why … Continue reading →

I have spent much of this afternoon reviewing, with interest, the material on your web site, along with that on the xxxxx web site and that of xxxxx, as well as the xxxxxx Web Site. This was prompted by a … Continue reading →

I saw some very disturbing information on NutraSweet on the WEB a few months back.  After reading the information I stopped drinking Diet Coke and diet sodas immediately.  I had been drinking Diet Coke for about four years or so, … Continue reading →

However, I have had a different encounter with NutraSweet and all Aspartame-based products.   This summer I was diagnosed as not only having asthma/allergies (already knew that) but also chemical sensitivities to phenol & formalin (formaldehyde precursor).  In my reading, I … Continue reading →

I have had several episodes of sensitivity to NutraSweet. I try to avoid it but have accidently ingested it in punches that contained diet sodas. It seems to affect my brain function & I feel irritable & edgy.

Since that day that you wrote me I stopped completely the use of NutraSweet. My intake per day of this molecule was huge. Now, the dizziness is gone I hope that it did not kill too many neuron cells or … Continue reading →

Thank you very much for your time and devotion to this cause. In the first week of August, I was searching for a cause for my mom’s neuropathy and abdominal pain. Thanks to your website I have an answer. I … Continue reading →

I don’t know how it works with seizures but eliminating Aspartame from my diet made my migraines go away, from an average of 3-4 month down to none

When you last wrote I couldn’t see any change in my health.  Shortly after that, about 80 days after stopping Aspartame, I am feeling much better.  I may still have seizures, but I’m managing WELL on only 400 mg. Dilantin … Continue reading →

This is not very scientific but I wanted to write to you about my mom’s experience with Aspartame.  She takes medication to control her sugar and never is able to get it under control.  She also drank lots of diet … Continue reading →

Thumper I get a horrible headache and diarrhea from NutraSweet. It took me a long time to trace it back to diet Pepsi. I read an article a few years ago that suggested NutraSweet had been linked in some way … Continue reading →

I would be interested in the NutraSweet correlation myself. I have insomnia and a digestive disorder. The digestive problem got lots better when I stopped NutraSweet products. The insomnia is always worse when my digestive problem is active so . … Continue reading →

I am allergic to Aspartame (I have CFS or ME) as is my son with autism. We both get a bad sore throat.

I was a frequent user of Diet Coke and used Equal for sweetening breakfast cereal.  I gave it up about 4 years ago.  It seems to aggravate my guts and I have some very frequent, severe headaches.  I seldom get … Continue reading →

I seem to have intolerance to NutraSweet whereby I break out all over when I use much of it. If I use more than a couple of packets a day, I don’t break out, but I have found that my … Continue reading →

If I were you I would look to Aspartame.  It gives me terrible headaches – but it took forever for me to make the connection because they show up during the night after an indulgence and they feel a lot … Continue reading →

I too wrote a couple of postings to this list regarding the same subject. I am an active male, age 50, non-drinker, physical fitness devotee. I quit drinking four to six (average) diet soft drinks per day. I lost ten … Continue reading →

I had a very bad experience with NutraSweet–it caused severe headaches, visual disturbances, hemispheric numbness and paresthesias in my face and head (one side only). It took me quite a while (and a complete neurologic work-up) to figure out for … Continue reading →

I have mastocytosis, mast cell disorder–due to the degranulation of mast cells in my blood and in various organs, I have weakness, paresthesias, fatigue, pain, facial swelling, respiratory problems, hypersensitivities (looks like severe allergy) to food additives–and NUTRASWEET IS the … Continue reading →

I think the people who have immediate reactions are indeed “lucky”.  I had a friend who drank several NutraPoison sodas every day.  She developed severe, debilitating headaches but never made the connection to the NutraPoison.  Over the course of a … Continue reading →

The following is my brief account of recent experiences of a toxic reaction to Aspartame and/or acesulfame k. I had never heard of Aspartame (or acesulfame k) and recently suffered my first ever panic attack. More than anything else I … Continue reading →

After reading your web page, I have finally figured out why I have been feeling so weird.  Mood swings, panic attacks, heart palpitations, chest pains, and since I have cut out Aspartame and any other artificial sweeteners, I feel like … Continue reading →

I found your name & address on Internet today.  I wanted to share my experience. Several years ago I started drinking a lot of Diet Coke.  Gradually I began to feel tired all the time.  I am a librarian and … Continue reading →

I feel I must respond here.  I have been having problems craving diet foods like diet pop and iced tea that contained NutraSweet. However, at the time I did not realize it, was sick, and the doctor brought it to … Continue reading →

NutraSweet! Bah, I hate to even see the word.  It made my life so miserable for 10 years.  I thought when it came out it was the best thing that ever happened.  I could drink all the pop I wanted … Continue reading →

About six years ago, I started drinking Diet Coke. My girlfriend drank it and it was always in her icebox. Prior to this, I probably chewed a piece of “Sugar-free” gum, or had a “Sugar-free” mint, or even occasionally put … Continue reading →

I started taking the contraceptive pill when I was 17/18. Took Ovranette, a combined Estrogen /Progestogen on and off until I was 30. I smoke, so when I hit 30 I tried a Progestogen only pill. It made me bleed … Continue reading →

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 … Continue reading →

I can vouch for those symptoms!! I tried to drink Diet Coke for about a month and had much the same results (along with blinding headaches), and can vouch for the mental state it would put you in. To say … Continue reading →

On 07-11-97 I received information on the fact that Aspartame (NutraSweet/Equal) could cause tinnitus by destroying the central nervous system.  I had been a large user of diet sodas which contain Aspartame. I figured I had nothing to lose by … Continue reading →

In 1985 I was a marine stationed at Quantico Va.  I drank NutraSweet. I was an analyst and I had to use my brain power to make it thru the day.  I noticed that when I drank NutraSweet I would … Continue reading →