The Holts wrote:
> ... but do any of you have any experience with
> something like what he's describing?
>
> He writes:
>
> >I have a speech to give at 8:00 in the morning but I can't go to sleep
> >because I'm feeling really weird again. ****** weird feeling. I tried to
> >sleep, but then all of a sudden I didn't feel at all well.  I began to
> >tremble and sweat.  My heart picked up the pace and my eyes became
> >bloodshot.  My hands started to tremble and I got these weird hot flashes.
> >
> >In other words, I was having another one of those "uh-oh, here it
> >comes---I'm going to die" things.
> >
> >So now I can't go to sleep for fear of passing on.  I hate it when this
> >happens, and it's only happened one other time since I've been in the
> >dorms, but I suppose there is no way around it.
> >
> >I do believe however, that I have pinpointed the cause of these weird
> >feelings.  The last time this happened, I had had a dinner consisting of
> >food from McDonald's.  This evening I had a dinner consisting of food from
> >McDonald's.  The first time it happened, I swore that I would never eat
> >fast food again.
> >
> >A silly thing to say, but for some strange reason, it just doesn't seem
> >that silly right now.
> >
>
> Any thoughts?  Thanks-- Jeanne
>

Classic reaction to MSG.

Daniel A. Twogood, D.C.