Victims just like her say that they experienced depression and vertigo at first, followed by cramping in the arms and legs, along with other pains. Some experienced insomnia, blindness and memory loss. They report that their eye doctors couldn't explain their vision loss. In 1986, the community nutrition institute in Washington, D.C. petitioned the FDA to remove aspartame because hundreds were going blind, and experiencing seizures. The FDA refused.
Many physicians regularly make incorrect diagnosis on aspartame victims.
Aspartame mimics Multiple Sclerosis, according to H. J. Roberts. He also says that aspartame actually precipitates diabetes, keeps blood sugar out of control and causes diabetics to go into confulsions. James Bowen, M.D. says aspartame is an adjuvant and turns the body against itself which triggers lupus, and that it is a chelating agent. Toxic formic acid is used as an activator for strip epoxy and urethane coatings. Both formaldehyde and formic acid are considered carcinogens.