I wonder if it causes bi polar, PTSD, extreme anxiety and other mental illness. I have been hearing this for years. Don't know what to tell you about it. I know people who don't even drink diet coke or any carbonated beverages that are depressed. Personally, I drink them. I love them.

There has been reports of some artificial sweeteners being the cause of many mental illnesses for years. But tends to be not enough research on it. Don't know myself as I reach for anther Pepsi Max LOL.

Don't like them, don't drink them, and I'm still a miserable old bag. Make of that what you will.

This is interesting. I drink them constantly.

Even though this article is sad, there is still a silver lining! coffee (caffeine) boosts mood, so drink up!!!
and i don't drink sodas, so it may be a cause but its not the only cause

Im not a pop drinker, cant remember the last time I had a pop. My brother got aspertame poisoning from too much diet coke.
Tomorrow, they will tell us something else causes depression. Everything is bad for you in excess.

I think i heard this on the view today. Could be a possiblity but what doesnt cause illnesses now a days. From the food we eat and beverages we drink. Hmmm makes you wonder?

Another reason for me to avoid diet soda, along with the awful taste and the headaches aspartame gives me.

I can say with utmost sincerity that aspartame gave me the symptoms of MS. I was drinking 3 cans a day for months. Started having weird sensations on my skull, as if someone was pressing their hand against my head., felt like I had a hair on the end of my nose, my foot felt like wood. My vision went donut on me. Could only see around the black donut.
After MS clinic telling me I had benign MS. "sounds like MS but nothing to prove it" . A friend of mine told me about the aspartame deal. I quit diet coke and 5 months later had been symptom free went on a coke spree to dble check and sure enough the symptoms came back within a week.
My theory is that the people making money could careless about public health and push through any study that says it's all fine for the human body. They just pay people any amount of money to say whatever they want them to say.
We pay with our health.
I believe the same about the pills they are feeding us.
We go through a tough time have real difficulty and then say here take this and start f...ing with our brain. I don't like it.
I am off all of the anti depressants cause I want to know exactly who I really am anymore. without all of that. DO NOT DO THIS without your Dr's supervision. It has been difficult. I am not sure I can stay off them, I am just trying. Will let you know how it all works out.

I have to say that I did a test because my depression kept getting worse. I went off all sugar and diet Pepsi. The depression wasn't as bad afterwards. ????

Aspartame is generally acknowledged as being bad for us, but there is little in the way of hard evidence to support this. I consider myself to be a man of science, but based on the evidence that is already out there, I am now trying to cut it out of my diet.

Since my depression started I have slowly improving my diet and exercise regime. I am now giving up diet sodas. I still have the occasional regular soda (but no more than two 330ml cans a day).

I'll let you know what kind of difference I notice....

I drink them, a lot. Sometimes I drink an entire 1L bottle just at once, when on the computer.

But I do know a lot of people who drink, my brother included, and he is not depressed..

Maybe it doesn't help those who have depression but I don't think it could cause it..