Originally Posted By: StevieC
Originally Posted By: BuickGN
It took many trips to the doctor to discover what it was doing to me.
I had arthritis like symptons, depression, anxiety, sleeplessness, back pain, weakness, insane headaches with tunnel vision and halos around lights. And no, I don't drink or do drugs.
One doctor diagnosed me with fibromialgia (sp). Got off the diet Cokes and every symptom was gone in a week. I literally felt like I was 18 again. I was able to get off of the anxiety medicine that I had been on so long. My overall health was 1,000% better. I hate that stuff. I feel like I lost 5 years of my life.
Yeah as stated above it caused my migraines with excruiating pain and loss of feeling in one side of my body (Hemi-pelegic), and I would be "out of it" for a couple of days with ringing in my ears. They tried me on anti-depressants known to help migraines, anti-seizure meds which made me feel really groggy and no one could figure out why. I then did some research and found additives like MSG and Aspartame are known triggers in some people. I cut these out one at a time and my Migraines got better and then disapeared. I haven't had one in 3 months and I was getting them every week sometimes a few times a week. I was ready to jump off a bridge because the pain was just something I couldn't handle.
Now on the reverse side I'm having Generalized Anxiety in the mornings and feel really anxious for no reason up until about 1pm when it goes away. My doctor says this might be withdrawl from the Aspartame/MSG. So a couple of random mornings I had some Aspartame during the anxiousness and within 15 minutes it was gone.
So now I'm left dealing with this problem and trying to find an anxiety med that will work for me until I can get over this "addiction"
Absolutely ridiculous that they can market this stuff!
I'm also surprised it's legal.
I had days at work where I would be so confused I would have to leave a meeting and go home or a while. People would be talking to me but I couldn't really comprehend what they were saying.
If you're looking for an excellent low dose anxiety medicine to get you through until the withdrawals go away, clonopin is great. I took the minimal amount that worked, less than what was prescribed for me and there were no side effects like drowsiness. I was on anti-depressants and anti anxieties for years, totally not needed now.
I did consume at least a 12 pack a day, sometimes double that.