At this point I’m fine with just 2 scoops of creatine every day as long as I’m not swinging a sledgehammer or anything (previously I had been alternating 2- and 3-scoop days). So that is clearing up but it only seems to be doing so on the same slow schedule as the first case the energy stuff showed up with, though with lower “slope”, as this episode started 3 shots in the hole vs. the previous’ 8.

The underlying issue still seems to be a difficulty in aerobic energy generation, I do wonder what the relationship is to reports associating long covid to diabetes, but last time this worked fine and eventually cleared with no needles, only weight loss, so riding this one out