# I peed in my pants.

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-peed-in-my-pants/680853>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [February 8, 2014, 8:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-peed-in-my-pants/680853 "2014-02-08T20:23:54Z")\
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**Author:** ![Zulema](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/db5fbb/32.png) [@Zulema](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zulema)\
**Post date:** [February 12, 2014, 5:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-peed-in-my-pants/680853/41 "2014-02-12T05:32:32Z")

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> [@Ambivalid](#):
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> Yet another problem anecdotally blamed on artificial sweeteners. How in the world could Splenda make you urinate endlessly? Unless you’ve also consumed a large amount of liquid _sweetened_ with Splenda…?

How about “I cannot stop until my bladder is empty”? Better?

I do get tired of the belief that if it’s anecdotal it cannot be true. If I drink so much water during the day that I have to pee every half hour I do not have this problem. If I drink cup after cup of coffee until I have to pee every half hour I do not have this problem. If I drink non diet soda I do not have this problem. If I drink a gallon of iced tea sweetened with a tiny amount of sugar in one day I do not have this problem. If I drink diet soda sweetened with Splenda I have this problem. Aspartame sweetened soda gives me this problem occasionally, though not as severely. I had better run to the doctor immediately and have thousands of dollars of tests because it couldn’t be the Splenda.

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