My husband has been diagnosed as pre-diabetic. My doctor suggested I watch my sugar intake because it is a tad above normal.  Yesterday, my husband left out Splenda packts by our coffee.  During the morning, I used four packets and was disappointed in the taste.  To me, it is not that great. It does not "replace" sugar. I decided that, perhaps, it would grow on me or I would get used to it.

As the morning went on, I felt "different"-- a little light-headed, a funny tired/weak feeling. Just not myself. I felt "spacey" like I could not think things through. I ate lunch (I kind of forgot and had regular sweet tea with lunch). I felt somewhat better. Then, in the afternoon, I started having a severe left-sided headache which subsided into more of a dull headache. By evening, I just felt so very tired and sleepy.

This morning, I had Splenda in my coffee again and also Splenda in my tea at lunch.  I noticed by mid-morning that I seemed to be moving in slow motion. I felt tired, sleepy, and irritable. After lunch, a headache started again. I also felt quite bloated, even though I hadn't had that much to eat. I haven't been having headaches and feeling like this. I wondered if there could be a correlation between Splenda and the headaches.

From this website, it looks like there is! I've decided to try to cut back on sugar in other ways. I'm going to see if I can reduce the amount of sugar I put in my coffee until, hopefully, I put just a tiny bit or none. Thanks for allowing people to report their experiences with this sweetener."

Thank you B.L. for sharing your story with our visitors.

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