Creatine did a number on me last night

[Giovanni SouthSide]

A few years ago, I had already taken monohydrate creapure and it wrecked my gut with bloating and gas. This year I have been feeling goat levels healthier with a bulletproof stomach and I been working out so I thought I would give creatine another shot.

After days of researching, I finally picked up a creatine monohydrate (creapure) tub.
Last night I took my first 2.5g instead of the standard 5g recommendation. Halfing and spacing out the dose is best to mitigate potential symptoms.
I poured in the 2.5 scoop to 16 oz of very warm water with a dash of redmonds sea salt electrolyte mix. The creatine dissolved nicely. I washed it down at around midnight.

At around 2am , I started feeling extreme sleepiness and fatigue creeping in. I felt like as if someone opened the top of my head and poured liquid lead into me.
Getting up from a chair, I felt like I was underwater with weights attached to my hips and legs. I was on a phone call and I had to hang up due to the sleepiness that hit me like a freight train.
I was about 1 minute from completely falling asleep on my feet standing up. I also noticed some light gut bloating.

Barely made it to bed and passed the F out. I don’t know why this happened. I felt like I took a cxcktail of benzos and a syringe of herion.
I slept 8 hours and still woke up fatigued. Hydrated myself and just now I took a cold shower. I’m back to 80% of my normal energy levels.

Its really unfortunate that creatine did this. I could only imagine taking the full 5g scoop would have done if I had taken it. I probably would still be bed ridden with intense sleepiness and cluttered with brain fog.

The energy suck for me is almost awe inspiring. A bit disappointed with my body chemistry , because I was hoping creatine would give me the cognitive benefits, help crank out those few extra reps and some muscle fullness that the internet has been raving about creatine as of lately.

Maybe I can give it another shot but I don’t want the same thing to happen.

 

[Divorced w 3]

That looks like expensive garbage. Try Bulk supplements or nutricost, I trust both

 

[Giovanni SouthSide]

That looks like expensive garbage. Try Bulk supplements or nutricost, I trust both

There is actually more expensive garbage out there that is regular mono. This creatine was flexible at $16 and came straight from Germany. That’s why I got a cheap small tub to see if I was good to go with creatine. I typed in the quality seal code from the product on the creapure website and it came out clean with the company. Creapure is more pure which is the brand name of the creatine produced in Germany by Alzchem Trostberg GmbH.
Don't forget the different impurities that come with the different processes. Chinese creatine has mercury and dioxines in it which Creapure doesn't have.
Regular Chinese creatine is made from a process that uses acid. And Creapure is just creatine but made from a process that uses only water, no acid. The difference is in the way they are processed. But at the end of it all both are creatine monohydrate, just that creapure is more
suited for people that are sensitive to the acid wash used in regular Chinese creatine and that's what causes the Gl discomfort and bloat.

Nutricost has a micronized regular mono and a creapure version. I heard good things about Nutricost but honestly their creapure must come from the same German factory that I got mine from. No point in keep burning cash.

I genuinely think that my body doesn’t like creatine.

 

[BackInTheGame78]

I only take monohydrate. There is no evidence any of the other forms are "better", just more expensive and almost every scientifically accepted study has been done with mono. Among the most studied and accepted as beneficial supplements with real world backed results there are.

Now, that doesn't mean that your body may not react well to it for whatever reason, everyone is different. It's also not effective in 100% of people, there is a known subset of people that for whatever reason don't respond to it and derive little if any benefit.

Also correlation does not equal causation. Trying to tie something that happened one single time to you taking something prior that night doesn't necessarily mean that was the cause of it. It might be, it might not be. You don't have enough evidence to know for sure.

 

[Divorced w 3]

I only take monohydrate. There is no evidence any of the other forms are "better", just more expensive and almost every scientifically accepted study has been done with mono. Among the most studied and accepted as beneficial supplements with real world backed results there are.

Now, that doesn't mean that your body may not react well to it for whatever reason, everyone is different. It's also not effective in 100% of people, there is a known subset of people that for whatever reason don't respond to it and derive little if any benefit.

Also correlation does not equal causation. Trying to tie something that happened one single time to you taking something prior that night doesn't necessarily mean that was the cause of it. It might be, it might not be. You don't have enough evidence to know for sure.

The only reason to take ethyl creatine would be instant usage, but if one could wait seven days and load it twice a day they could save a mountain of money

 

[BackInTheGame78]

The only reason to take ethyl creatine would be instant usage, but if one could wait seven days and load it twice a day they could save a mountain of money

Been found you don't even need to load it and that simply taking 2-3g a day instead of 5 can significantly cut down on bloating effect and water retention while still giving the same levels after 3-4 weeks and then on an ongoing basis.

 

[Divorced w 3]

Been found you don't even need to load it and that simply taking 2-3g a day instead of 5 can significantly cut down on bloating effect and water retention while still giving the same levels after 3-4 weeks and then on an ongoing basis.

Interesting

 

[BackInTheGame78]

Its because you are taking way too much creatine to you then you think. You probably get enough creatine with your diet, so that it would already exceed the recommended daily dose of 5g all together. Its one of the reasons why in studies max. 3g are considered enough since you already get some from your diet as well, especially if your diet contains overall a lot of meat and dairy products.

This is not backed by science. Creatine has been found to be one of the most consistently beneficial and widely studied supplements ever.

If so many people "didn't need it", then you wouldn't see such consistent results from it study after study.

 

[BackInTheGame78]

You might have misunderstood my point. I’m not saying creatine isn’t beneficial. I take it myself. I’m saying that many studies show that 2–3 g/day of extra creatine (Supplement) is enough for people who already get creatine from their diet (meat, fish, etc.).
5 g/day is a simple universal recommendation, but individual needs vary depending on dietary intake.

Oh, I agree with that and actually said something similar up thread.

Excess creatine sits outside the muscles and just causes bloat, so that's likely the best way to tell if you are taking too much.

You are right about the studies showing that 2-3g are enough to keep muscles "topped off" without having excess amounts.

 

[MatureDJ]

A few years ago, I had already taken monohydrate creapure and it wrecked my gut with bloating and gas.

It's OVER for FartCels.

 

[Giovanni SouthSide]

Its because you are taking way too much creatine to you then you think. You probably get enough creatine with your diet, so that it would already exceed the recommended daily dose of 5g all together. Its one of the reasons why in studies max. 3g are considered enough since you already get some from your diet as well, especially if your diet contains overall a lot of meat and dairy products.

Thanks man. Makes sense. I eat a lot of grass fed beef liver , Alaskan wild caught sockeye salmon fillets 3-4 times a week and bowls of fage total 5% milk fat Greek yogurt.

 

[BackInTheGame78]

Thanks man. Makes sense. I eat a lot of grass fed beef liver , Alaskan wild caught sockeye salmon fillets 3-4 times a week and bowls of fage total 5% milk fat Greek yogurt.

Try lowering it to 2-3g a day.