Kinda off topic but somewhat "Diet Pepsi Related"...the person who posted about drinking 5-10 cans a day of Diet Dr. Pepper made me think of posting my public service announcement.
I've had issues with depression and anxiety for years that I've treated with Prozac. I had a few years where I felt like I was cured of that as I felt great without medication...Anyway...I somehow got addicted to Diet Pepsi and was drinking 6-8 cans a day. I ended up with the worst crushing depression ever and really disabling anxiety. I struggled with horrible headaches and insomnia, too. I had never had those symptoms with my depression. I couldn't get out of bed and was on the verge of suicide. I had never had any depressive episodes like that. When I finally got to the Dr. and told her I felt more depressed than I ever had...somehow we got on to the topic of diet. It came out that I was drinking so much Diet Pepsi. She surmised that the depression was brought on by Aspartame (artificial sweetner). Low and behold, I quit the Diet Pepsi and the depression switched from the worst ever depression to just the garden variety depression I was used to. I never believed the bad press about Aspartame but did after that!!
I do have to admit, I still LOVE Diet Pepsi and have some now and then. I limit myself to 1 can a day though.
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