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Strange symptoms
Just over a year ago I experienced strange symptoms. I am 30 yr old, good health, don't smoke, don't drink. One morning I started having trouble speaking. Saying wrong words, couldn't read, could barely dial the phone, forgot phone numbers, wrote down wrong numbers when being told what numbers to dial. About a half hour before this had visual problems. It was like everything was jiggling. Wasn't "dizzy", just everything around me was almost like bouncing. Whole visual episode lasted about 20 minutes, trouble thinking, speaking, lasted about 10 minutes. Couldn't even get the names of my children right. Was very concerend. Went to ER, did CT-normal. Weeks later had MRI w/o contrast, US of heart, neck, thyroid. All normal. Blood work all normal except elevated Thyroid which later when re-checked was normal. Neurologist thought possible TIA, then changed to possible Atypical Migraine. No history of Migraines. Had dull headache when all over. Since then have had a few visual problems, and some dizzy spells. Nothing like what happened that day. Any ideas? Does this sound more like a type of Migraine? Thanks for your time.
Fortunately, I'm not the one with MS or something mimicking MS. You are. Perhaps I should expect someone with your educational background would have the smarts to conduct a little experiment on himself to see if aspartame at least aggravates your condition. But I don't. Because you have it figured out already.
I'll make a prediction. Someday, you will try just what I suggest. You will eliminate aspartame from your diet completely for 60 days. Of course, I cannot tell you that in YOUR case, it will make any difference at all. (I suspect it will, however.) But you will be curious enough, and perhaps desperate enough, to try it. Perhaps by then, you will stop referring to the legit criticism of aspartame as if it were all created by some "Nancy XXX" as an internet hoax, probably because by then you will realize that there are board-certified specialists who have written and published about the medical concerns associated with heavy regular aspartame consumption. By then, instead of your presumptuous dismissal of the numerous articles describing the risks of aspartame usage, you will have finally actually read some of those articles. And you will realize you have been a fool. I hope you find some relief from your condition, but mostly I hope you get over your hubris because it's going to make you a lousy physician.
I'll make a prediction. Someday, you will try just what I suggest. You will eliminate aspartame from your diet completely for 60 days. Of course, I cannot tell you that in YOUR case, it will make any difference at all. (I suspect it will, however.) But you will be curious enough, and perhaps desperate enough, to try it. Perhaps by then, you will stop referring to the legit criticism of aspartame as if it were all created by some "Nancy XXX" as an internet hoax, probably because by then you will realize that there are board-certified specialists who have written and published about the medical concerns associated with heavy regular aspartame consumption. By then, instead of your presumptuous dismissal of the numerous articles describing the risks of aspartame usage, you will have finally actually read some of those articles. And you will realize you have been a fool. I hope you find some relief from your condition, but mostly I hope you get over your hubris because it's going to make you a lousy physician.
lmroswell, count yourself among the many unlucky people who have neurological dysfunction from causes that cannot be explained by conventional medical wisdom. In your case, there is some apparent objectivity in your medical tests, i.e. the abnormal MRIs, but the exact cause of the lesions, plaquing or whatever it is being visualized on the MRIs may never be understood.
You can choose to follow the sophistry of some who have bought into the company line put out by industry, or you can at least TRY to isolate and identify a possible environmental cause of your illness. You obviously cannot control your heredity, but you can control the neurotoxins you choose to use to insult your nervous system. There have been dozens of studies by unbiased researchers demonstrating the neurotoxic effect of aspartame. In your own case, you've apparently conducted a small, unscientific anecdotal study of one person that at least raises a possible circumstantial link between your symptoms and your aspartame consumption. Since you have gone back to consuming the methanol and other nasty stuff, we should expect your symptoms will eventually reappear. If they do, perhaps you will want to once again refrain from consuming aspartame. Good luck to you.
You can choose to follow the sophistry of some who have bought into the company line put out by industry, or you can at least TRY to isolate and identify a possible environmental cause of your illness. You obviously cannot control your heredity, but you can control the neurotoxins you choose to use to insult your nervous system. There have been dozens of studies by unbiased researchers demonstrating the neurotoxic effect of aspartame. In your own case, you've apparently conducted a small, unscientific anecdotal study of one person that at least raises a possible circumstantial link between your symptoms and your aspartame consumption. Since you have gone back to consuming the methanol and other nasty stuff, we should expect your symptoms will eventually reappear. If they do, perhaps you will want to once again refrain from consuming aspartame. Good luck to you.
Yes, glutamate is a well-known neurotoxin, and the biological risk to health is very similar to asparate, from which aspartame derives its name. You are probably familiar with MSG, which causes "Chinese restaurant syndrome" in many people. The "G" stands for glutamate.
Wishingyouwell, I didn't post my first message to start any debate. I did it to offer some information that I myself would have liked to have when I first heard of aspartame. And i don't need to "prove I'm the brightest star" because I don't consider myself that way.
I only share the information i have gotten from a) medschool, b) textbooks, c) senior neurologists and d) common sense
I only share the information i have gotten from a) medschool, b) textbooks, c) senior neurologists and d) common sense
Why do I need a double blind clinical trial? Because that's how things work in medicine. If this Nancy XXXXX ever shows me a clinical trial proving aspartame's toxicity, I'll consider it. And if clinical trials prove going to Lourdes to be the cure for cancer, I myself will carry my patients there. But until then...
Yeah, I sure look stupid because I prefer to trust my doctors and my books (OMG, maybe they all have relatives in the aspartame industry...) instead of this invisible person on the internet who made up the whole thing. Which, by the way, is what you are doing. Very clever
Yeah, I sure look stupid because I prefer to trust my doctors and my books (OMG, maybe they all have relatives in the aspartame industry...) instead of this invisible person on the internet who made up the whole thing. Which, by the way, is what you are doing. Very clever
this is not to be rude,but i believe amc5 was simply looking for information so he/she could better understand their med.prob.not for you two guys to go back and forth with medical debates to prove who's the brightest star .amc5 just wait for the c/clinic neuroligist to answer your questions ,then the next move if you havn't already ,is to take all you fils and test to another neuro for a second opion it is always good to have 2 or three opions to make sure nothing was missed ,god bless ,wishing you well
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