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ASPARTAME ANYONE???

Wed, 05/30/2007 - 00:24
Topic: Diagnostic Dilemmas and Testing
Wondering if Aspartame also known as nutrasweet, (common sweetener in sugar free sodas and sugar free gum) is a trigger for anyone?

Comments

Re: Re: ASPARTAME ANYONE???

Submitted by lb34 on Tue, 2007-10-30 - 15:45
LB I hope your Neuro is right. I know it is a definite trigger for me. What concerns me is that it can take up to fifteen years to build up in your system to the point where it does damage. If you are interested in reading about it there are a lot of good sources on google scholar under aspartame. Hope you are getting some relief from your seizures.

Re: ASPARTAME ANYONE???

Submitted by SunflowerPower on Sun, 2007-10-28 - 00:03
Well that's weird. The first time I ever had one of my little erm...dramatic paralytic episodes, which I now think was the after effect of a long a$$ SP seizure that my body and brain just hadn't learned how to cope with yet, I had just drank like 4 cups of coffee with nutra sweet in it, and I never drink that stuff except that the office was out of normal sugar. Of course..it also could have been the fact that I stayed up almost the whole night before which was what drove me to drink the 4 cups of nutra sweetened coffee in the first place that triggered it. I find the sleep deprivation the more likely culprit.

Re: ASPARTAME ANYONE???

Submitted by SunflowerPower on Sun, 2008-03-23 - 22:33

Ok

So as it turns out it had nothing to do with the aspertame, and everything to do with the fact that I was totally sleep deprived, stressed, nervous, and had just drank 4 cups of coffee loaded with caffine, had been sitting in a chair for two hours straight, and was suffering from autonomic dyfuction.. These factors pushed my heart rate up and caused me to hyperventilate, which I'm pretty sure is what bring on the paralysis episodes. 

Ok

So as it turns out it had nothing to do with the aspertame, and everything to do with the fact that I was totally sleep deprived, stressed, nervous, and had just drank 4 cups of coffee loaded with caffine, had been sitting in a chair for two hours straight, and was suffering from autonomic dyfuction.. These factors pushed my heart rate up and caused me to hyperventilate, which I'm pretty sure is what bring on the paralysis episodes. 

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