{"version": "1.0", "type": "rich", "title": "creatine does not have the acute effects you seem to think it does. Whatever is going on there, it is almost certainly...", "author_name": "kontextmaschine", "author_url": "https://kontextmaschine.com", "provider_name": "kontextmaschine", "provider_url": "https://kontextmaschine.com", "url": "https://kontextmaschine.com/post/688166973693116416/", "html": "<div class=\"question\"><strong>Anonymous</strong> asked: <p>creatine does not have the acute effects you seem to think it does. Whatever is going on there, it is almost certainly psychosomatic</p></div>\n<p>Yeah I didn&rsquo;t experience this before COVID, but then the second case seems to have screwed up aerobic energy generation? so bad I needed to dose heavy just to maintain regular operations \u2013 and I would start to feel dragged down and torpid by the end of a day&rsquo;s cycle, and then recover after a  new dose, for months, with times where I used the wrong dose and effects were noticeably different in proportion, so if you&rsquo;re trying to convince me it was something else you have a high bar to clear</p><p>And I started with 30\u2026 g? mg? Well, 6 scoops a day, and gradually eased off to the point I was fine at 0.</p><p>But now when I go on my regular regimen \u2013 3 scoops/day for a week to build blood levels, then 1 scoop/day for 2 weeks maintenance at an elevated level, then 1 week off to reset homeostasis \u2013 by the third week I&rsquo;m feeling a mild drain by the time a new dose is ready (so it&rsquo;s been \u224824hr from last). From this I surmise that while my regular energy level has recovered enough to support normal life, it is still limited, with a shallower &ldquo;buffer&rdquo; such that exhaustion shows when my body&rsquo;s natural creatine production reflexes downward in reaction to supplementation</p>"}