Sweet nightmare: Aspartame

I had been out of sorts in recent months, with a huge number of worrying symptoms:

• retaining water - severe bloating
  
• blurred vision and reduced night vision
  
• aching joints
• numbness
• legs giving way
• headaches
• inability to sleep
• depression (for no good reason)
  
• gaining weight (while eating less)
• tinnitus (drives you half mad!)
• difficulty hearing
• lousy memory
• irritability
• high blood pressure
• itching everwhere, constantly
• inability to concentrate
  

In desperation, I spent weeks searching the Internet in a quest to find the cause.

Lo, I landed on a site which listed the symptoms of aspartame poisoning.

I don't have a sweet tooth, and tend to avoid any foods/drinks advertised as "low-calorie" or "diet", so I set about investigating every product that I imbibe.

I found it - Berocca.

I stopped taking it, and since then (3 days), almost all symptoms have disappeared!

Interestingly, the FDA has classified aspartame as "safe" - but then it would, since the aspartame industry is worth billions.

Are there any 'trusted' organisations that we can trust?