I was just wondering what other add'ers have experianced from this? I use to drink alot of diet soda, but decided to stop since reading all the bad stuff. I did notice for myself though when ever I had a diet soda I would get all of these ideas that would rush through my mind I felt like I needed a pen and paper to write them all down hehe.

My mom (non-ADDer) has a bad reaction to diet Soda; for me, I cut out a lot of sugar from diet and still get my caffiene. My understanding of the effects of aspertame is minimal (unless you drink gallons of it). Nutrition gurus would disagree with me. If it makes you feel like garbage (am I allowed to say cr*p on these forums?) don't eat it. My no-no is too much chocolate, I love it, but if I have too much I get terrible panic attacks. (I must have been a dog in a past life...hehe. Of course, some would say I'm still a *****.) Am I allowed to say b***h?

Funny post, Chel.

I've never noticed any side-effects from aspartame, but then again I rarely have much. I really dislike it so I avoid anything with it.

I drink an obscene amount of diet pepsi everyday. I try to break the habit but always start again. I think the aspartane makes you hungry since I always want to eat when drinking it.

I've heard HORRENDOUS things about Aspartame = Nutrasweet, starting with cancer and going on from there... also, I used to drink a lot of it, and it gave me terrible headaches. Never noticed it being that inspirational. I haven't had a gram of it in years.

I don't like the stuff, myself. It doesn't agree with me physically, and makes me feel a bit weird mentally.

Hmmmm I've never noticed much happen when I drink/eat stuff with artificial sweeteners....

I'm a splenda person myself :p

In my humble opinion, Aspartame is a horrendous substance that should be banned from the market (but that will never happen due to major corporation influence). My husband has suffered severe neurological damage due to working in an aspartame filled factory. Yes, he had extreme exposure to the substance, but if it has that ability I don't want to go anywhere near it. Aspartame is a substance that can cross the blood-brain barrier intact, thus its ability to really cause some damage. Some people have no side-effects from consuming it, but others do. Yes, there are a great deal of horror stories online, but I live with the proof. I used to drink nothing but diet pepsi, and the worst it ever did was give me gas....but each person is sensitive to differing degrees. I prefer to keep the stuff out of my home.

I found that putting artificial sweetner in my decaf made me absolutely unable to concentrate. It made my mind vibrate.

My brother used to make sugar-free cool-aid at his house when I was a kid. (he is much older than me)
It would give me the worst headaches.

I have shyed away from aspertame ever since.

Yea I think it is a person to person thing. I've talked to other people about it and they swear they can not tell a difference. ALthough my friend at work said that, said he would stop drinking diet soda.... but started again a week later. Addicting?

Ack, why can't I give up all that crap? It shouldn't be a big deal, it's not like I would die without diet coke, cigarettes, etc. and it probably would be much better without.

It makes you fart!

Bad stuff.