Comments on: Splenda – migraine trigger?

By: Christy

Christy — Mon, 15 Feb 2010 18:57:25 +0000

I am 31 years old and had never had a migraine until I tried splenda. I had two cans of diet soda sweetened with splenda, one with lunch and another at an afternoon meeting. Before I finished the meeting, I saw a zig zag white light that was in the upper right corner of my field of vision. This lasted for 20 minutes, and made me think I was going to go blind. A friend drove me home, I slept for 10 hours and was fine. I went to an opthomomogist the next day who did a dialated eye exam and then said that I had the healthiest eyes that he had seen in a month. He said that I had had a “migraine event.”. He asked if I had changed anything in my diet or had any recent stress. The only thing that was different was the soda with splenda. So, I believe that splenda absolutely caused this “migraine event” for me. Be an informed consumer, that’s my advice. As for me, I’m sticking with drinking hot tea!

By: Gloria

Gloria — Sun, 14 Feb 2010 15:15:14 +0000

When people say “I only use a few teaspoons a day” it seems to me that they think that is very little. But if I put a can of rat poison in front of you and said “I dare you to use the same amount of this as you use Sucralose or Splenda” you would be horrified and rightly so. But it is the same thing- if you don’t believe me – for the sake of your heslth- read or buy Dr. JS Hull’s book Splenda: Is it Safe or Not? Because:1. she is a chemist, diabetic, and was poisoned – as are hundreds of thousands each day from this product Sucralose, owned by Johnson and Johnson who receives countless calls each dsy by victims but refuses to recall Sucralose; 2. is a HAZMAT rngineer= poison expert and 3. dedicated two yrs. of her life examining Sucralose and Aspartame and writes case studies on them in her book.
I am not exaggerating when I relay to you that people have died from comsuming both products- and those who have not suffer ringing in ears and seizures from Aspartame- a known brain excitatory drug even though the amino acid is found in nature – the other amino acids where it is found in nature prohibit it from doing the damage it does alone in your brain as well as cause eventual brain death, and brain tumors and MS symptoms from Sucralose (neurological damage).
This is NO game. It is out there because sugar -as in colonial times- is a multi-billion dollar business. It is poison in any quantity and will destroy your organs- as it did in the lab animsls of the studies. STOP or READ and TEACH. The govt will never pull it because kry players in thst are company loyals- same as Gardasil, poison as well- taken thousands down and has sterilized. READ everthing you can find- then decide. Big Business owns our key govt players, little beknowest to our innocent American population- $$$ rules and our rights have been compromised as have our bodies- LEARN, live healthy and multiply. Love

By: Madeline

Madeline — Sat, 13 Feb 2010 14:33:36 +0000

Yep… I switched to Splenda, because my daughter and everyone else said Equal was bad for me… but I have had two migraines in the past two days… changing nothing but the type of sweetner… I thought it was caffiene at first, but that just doesn’t make sense, as caffiene occurs in most migraine remedies. I will definitely go back to using Equal, or even (ew) real sugar.

By: marti

marti — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 01:57:16 +0000

Hi Jamie,
Splenda never bothered me until I had gastric bypass surgery. After the surgery it became the only sweetener I used and the migraines got worse and more frequent. I posted several months ago that Splenda was not a trigger for me, but the more I read, the more I suspected that maybe it was. So I stopped using it and the migraines got much better. I don’t know why all of a sudden it became a trigger; I figure it may have been the increased amount I used. Perhaps my body got sensitized. Now I use Truvia and – so far at least – its not a trigger.

By: Jamie

Jamie — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 00:35:16 +0000

This is an interesting thread, I am fairly new to the headache research and am not sure if I suffer migraines. They have been labeled migraines, chronic daily headaches and most recently switched to post traumatic stress headache. I have suffered a headache all day every day since December 2008, with no relief from medications. Following a second sinus surgery for chronic sinititus.
However I have been on a low carb diet for the last 3 years and use no real sugar, Splenda has been a staple in my diet the entire time. Prior to the surgery I had no constant headaches, just in frequent ones so I dont see a connection between Splenda and my headaches.

By: julie

julie — Mon, 14 Dec 2009 19:32:08 +0000

I haven’t had a migraine in years. (My trigger is clorinated water and stress and I had been getting them for 30+ years.)

Earlier in the year, I assisted with a Dining with Diabetes class by helping prepare food for the participants. Splenda and other sugar substitutes are, of course, used. Later – had a headache – but not a full blown migraine. I figured it was because of the artificial sweeteners and the fact that I am not used to them.

This time, however, full blown migraine. The only different thing that I ingested (and I wasn’t under any stress) was “light” cranberry drink that had splenda/sucralose in it. I try not to ingest any of these “GRAS” chemicals (only cook from scratch) but I was at a party, and this was the beverage served.

I do believe that the migraine was caused by the sucralose/Splenda and I will definitely stay away from the product.

By: Eric

Eric — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 03:52:10 +0000

Im in the gym and started consuming protein shakes and I noticed I would get this head throb and slight dizziness and I realized all my shakes had Sucralose in them. I have never had Migraines before and these probably are not Migraines, but Im sorely convinced that Sucralose gives me this throbbing headache.

By: Pam

Pam — Sat, 05 Sep 2009 18:12:10 +0000

I’ve really struggled with my weight this past three years because of debiliating migraines. Preventative meds, Atenolol, Prozac contributed to lethargy, and Maxalt wiped me out for 24 hours. I’ve gained about 20 pounds from eating every two hours, and missing so much physical activity. The migraines have subsided considerably over this past year – thank heaven. Now, trying to recover and shed the excess weight, I’ve been eating Weight Watchers yogurt that contains sucralose. I’ve noticed an increase in migraines this past few weeks. Hmmm. Thanks for confirming my suspisions.

By: Marti

Marti — Tue, 01 Sep 2009 18:41:07 +0000

I posted a while back and said that Splenda didn’t affect my migraines. Well, after reading about so many people who say it’s a trigger for them, I decided to cut it out of my diet for a while to see what happened. After only two days without Splenda, my head didn’t hurt. My three times a week severe migraines and mild daily migraines have turned into moderate twice a month migraines with no more daily migraines. Rainy weather is still a trigger, and unfortunately I can’t do anything about that one.

By: Ellen

Ellen — Tue, 01 Sep 2009 00:47:29 +0000

Splenda causes behind the eye stabbing headaches for me. I tried it in coffee for 4 days in a row while staying at a hotel. I had terrible and intense pain.