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Aspartame Withdrawals

February 7th 2007 18:38

This is my 5th day off aspartame and I feel awful!! I was chalking up the irritability, depression, headaches to caffeine withdrawal, and it was worst yesterday, so I was chugging iced tea all day and even bought a (regular) Starbucks Doubleshot. When the symptoms failed to abate I googled "aspartame withdrawal."
Apparently symptoms like severe irritability, depression, tremors, shaking, sweating etc have all been reported from people who've gone from being major aspartame consumers to not ingesting the stuff at all. I have been drinking Diet Coke, Diet Pepsi, you name it since I was fourteen.

I found a study on a site called Dorway that documented all these side effects in people giving up aspartame. It sure must have been bad for my body if I'm going so crazy!
I decided to stop Splenda, etc too after reading that it resembles a pesticide more than a sugar. Besides with no long term studies done who knows, it might be just as bad as the others. I also hate the aftertaste of Splenda in drinks. I tried the Pepsi One...yuck!
I'm sure soon I will be telling you that it's all worth it...but in the meantime...watch out!

Claire S.

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Comment by Cibbuano

February 8th 2007 02:05

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wow, aspartame... when I lived in China, the suger substitue was Xylitol, a wood sugar... it's really good for your teeth and bones, and doesn't have the nasty side effects of aspartame...

Comment by Claire S

February 8th 2007 02:11

cibbuano, I've seen xylitol in some health food stores along with the stevia etc. Maybe I should give it a try.

Comment by Anonymous

November 3rd 2008 19:14

4 days off aspartame for myself and my husband. No real side affects except that my diabetic husbands blood sugar average has decreased by nearly 100 points in these 4 days.

Comment by Anonymous

July 20th 2009 01:27

I'm curious as to why you have a "pro-aspartame" video on your blog?

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August 7th 2009 17:06

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