I started to use it around a year ago. I used to use Equal and felt bad then. So, I changed to Splenda thinking it would be better. It took about one week and I knew. I was constipated, had sore joints, hot flashes, mood swings, real dizzy, couldn't get out in the sun for too long, nauseated, and weak all over. I was real bloated and couldn't lose weight even though I was eating the way my doctor advised me to.

I was sleeping a lot because there wasn't much of anything I could do to make me feel good until our Uncle sent us an e-mail one night. It was about aspartame side effects. That urged me to go online to find out if there were any side effects about Splenda (sucralose). I was using it in my coffee and iced tea. I was putting it in my hot and cold cereal every day.

I read about the side effects that sucralose has and then my husband and I started talking about it. I decided to quit that night. That was April 28, 2005.

In about one week, I was starting to feel better. No hot flashes. No mood swings. I'm getting my strength back. I can smile and reason things out. When, before, some things just made me mad and that's the way I stayed. Now, I'm happy and can think about positive things in life.

Thank you so very much for letting me share my story."

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