Splenda has struck again

Oh yes, it seems that Splenda has struck again and with a hideous creepiness that amazes me.  Phenylalanine used to do similar things to me, but I thought that Splenda was made from sugar, so it is safe.  Or is it just another pile of horse sh*t that greed has brought upon us again.  I have been  working out very hard the last five months, could not lose weight, so I quit sugar a month ago and started using Splenda.  Oh boy!  Splenda in my cereal, Splenda in my lemon-lime drinks, Splenda at suppertime.  I loved Splenda all the time -- you get the picture. Ten days ago, spluba in my huh?  Where am I?  I sure love this elliptical machine endorphins -- that runners high -- but wait a minute, is that what I'm really feeling?  I started losing the weight quite noticeably and looking cut and started losing my mind at the same time.  Memory loss -- vision problems -- incoherent -- ability to focus impaired -- digestive problems.  What's really amazing is how this stuff slips in the back door of your mind without you realizing it.  I also had a stiff neck.  Now the only thing I was wondering after all this is said is could I be going thru a physical change from having very little sugar?  Maybe my body is freaking out because it is so used to having sugar in heavy amounts.  In the past I used to be a heavy alcohol drinker, and in AA they tell you to eat sugar when you get the blues, and boy did I ever eat sugar.  I have not had a drink in over ten years, but I pigged out on sugar with regularity.  Whole bags of candy bars -- gone in one evening with a movie.  Bag of cookies?  My dessert after lunch -- not one crumb left.  So the idea of glucose disparity in one's body after years of heavy sugar use is a possibility, as you see a lot of the symptoms are similar.  I am still going to quit Splenda for a week (and keep my sugar consumption exactly the same) and see if I feel better -- any noticeable improvement and it will convince me that you can't screw with Mother Nature.  And I will go to the health food store tomorrow and get some Stevia.  Sweet dreams, baby.

With all sincerity,