I have to look into this...I drink diet cola ALL the time...yikes!!

There is several links about it on google... It says on this page 4 or more cans a day though

I don't drink that much I don't think... Perhaps I'll increase water a little... Thanks Mark...x

Not just Diet coke but all diet sodas is what I heard. The Aspertane in them is supposed to cause depression, anxiety, joint pain blurred vision, memory loss. Hell I cant believe I remembered all this I have drank so much diet soda!

I'd check this out on Snopes.com or truthorfiction.com. Both very reliable sources of whats really true.

I would have fought you if you tried to take my diet coke away from me a year ago. I had heard this before, not the depression part, but the body aches in general. I have to admit, after I stopped drinking them, I do feel better physically. Try Sprite or clear liquids, and the probiotic.

I used to drink Diet Coke like it was going out of Fashion. Ruddy Aspartame. :x

Yes, can also cause many other bad side effects like seizures. The artificial sweetener Aspartame is toxic for me. Like MSG I must avoid them both. It is used in almost all diet products and most claiming to be sugar free. Research has shown that Aspartame turns into a chemical called embalming fluid when temps exceed 90 degrees. These temps can easily be reached while being stored in stores or after intake. Although it was approved by the FDA I refuse to slowly embalm myself alive. Nasty.

yet one more reason to give up my diet coke...i have been reducing my intake lately, down to 4 a day all before noon. i just don't like water, but i guess it's all that's left to me to guzzle.
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I just polished off a 2-L bottle of diet coke. I'm trying to be good and drink seltzer or water or tea but soda is so tempting!!! I don't drink more than one or two cans a day - some days, none. Looks like there's yet another thing I can remove from my diet.

I think its interesting that the original ingredient of coca cola was cola. I believe the other was cocaine. But that I wouldn't recommend.
Cola , Cola Tree, Kola, Cola Nut, Kola Nut what ever you want to call this herb produces CNS stimulation. I suspect because of its high caffeine content. Now of course coke contains lots of chemicals. OTOH caffeine is a chemical too. What I mean are added ones. BTW high doses can cause a depressive reaction. " My source is Mosby Handbook of Natural Supplements. "

I stopped drinking diet coke at 16. That was 45 years ago.
And I'm still bipolar!!!

Darn, I drink Diet Coke and Pepsi and coffee with artificial sweetener ALL the time. I guess I will have to at least slow it down.

Caffeine can send me into depression did not know about the sweetener too, l can take the odd can now and then 2-3 a year but l drink sparkling water and throw frozen berries in or add a citrus slice you can get flavoured sparkling water or mix the water with fruit juice if you need it sweet l juice my own its delicious

I know someone who drinks a lot of fizzy and she has Raynaud's disease ..recently diagnosed
My hubby's late aunt drank lots of diet coke and died of scleroderma...which can be related to Raynaud's disease apparently.

Anyway....wonder if that's related

I noticed years ago that when I drank Diet Coke that I got a Migraine which came with depression but not when I drank Diet Pepsi....so I began to wonder what that was about...?
so I do think there is something for us to investigate this is interesting....