Posted by spriggy on April 29, 2007, at 21:06:49
In reply to Re: Aspartame - anybody quit and feel better?, posted by Meri-Tuuli on April 29, 2007, at 8:14:55
My father with bipolar (and a myriad of other health issues) was drinking 8-12 cans of Diet Pepsi a day ( YES.. EVERY DAY).
His moods were MUCh worse. Not only that, but he started to have hallucinations for the first time in his life about a year into his Diet Pepsi addiction.
He got put in the hospital with what they thought was encaphilitis. Numerous dr's came in to diagnose him, etc..
I flew back home to be there with him while he was in the hospital. I was there the day the neurologist came in.
After the neuro dr. had my dad count backwards, and touch his nose to the dr. hand, etc.. (fun tests) he began to ask my dad about his diet (knowing he was a diabetic, he wanted to know how much Aspartame he consumed).
I butted in at this point to tell the dr. that my dad was consuming up to a 12 pack a day of Diet Pepsi (plus all the Diet Jello's and snacks, etc..).
Neuro told my father, " Get off of that stuff."
He told my dad he believed it could very well have contributed to his memory loss, his headaches, his hallucinations, and his depression.
I never forgot that ( 3 years ago) and so I stay clear of that stuff!!
(oh, dad went down to 2 cans a day of Diet Rite (Splenda instead) and did drastically improve mentally and cognitively!!
poster:spriggy
thread:754354
URL: http://www.dr-bob.org/babble/20070426/msgs/754543.html