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Sometimes I stay up until 1–3 a.m. because I'm working on a problem that's so interesting I can't stop until I make progress. If I know I'm only going to get a
by faangguyindia 3mo ago
Sometimes I stay up until 1–3 a.m. because I'm working on a problem that's so interesting I can't stop until I make progress.
If I know I'm only going to get a few hours of sleep, I'll take 5–10 g of creatine, drink plenty of water, and go to bed. The next morning, I usually don't wake up with a headache.
If I skip the creatine under the same conditions, I'm much more likely to wake up with a headache after a short night's sleep.
Now it's become a habit, I automatically take creatine whenever I know my sleep duration is going to be much shorter than usual.
- pawelduda 3mo agoDo you take monohydrate or HCL?
- faangguyindia 3mo agomost common one, monohydrate.
- SkyPuncher 3mo agoMonihydrate causes me terrible GI issues and insomnia. I’ve found HCL to me much easier on my body.
- pawelduda 3mo agoIt's just so annoyingly sour but it dissolves very well so you can drink it like shot of vodka. And the body absorbs it so much faster
- SkyPuncher 3mo agoHmm, I guess I haven’t notice the sour flavor. Con-Crete is the brand I use and the flavors are naturally sour.
- BugsJustFindMe 3mo ago> If I know I'm only going to get a few hours of sleep, I'll ... drink plenty of water https://my.clevelandclinic.org/health/diseases/21517-dehydration-headache https://my.clevelandclinic.org/health/diseases/21517-dehydra...
- faangguyindia 3mo agofrom your link >Headache pain often appears along with other signs and symptoms of dehydration, including darker-than-usual pee, dry mouth and fatigue none of these symptoms are true for me.
- BugsJustFindMe 3mo ago"often" and "always" are two different words that mean two different things
- faangguyindia 3mo agoYes, but hydration isn’t really a problem for me. I’m a bit of a water purification nerd, I collect water from a natural waterfall, run it through multiple stages of purification, and then start convincing myself it has some magical properties. I don’t drink soda or caffeine, I mostly just drink water.
- johnthedebs 3mo agoDo you still drink water when you skip creatine? Being dehydrated causes headaches, so it may be the extra water intake that's helping and not the creatine.
- faangguyindia 3mo agoyes, i always drink plenty of water throughout day and night too, infact when i get stuck on a problem i go for a walk and drink water. So drinking water part is consistent with or without creatine. I do know the creatine takes a while to build up, so i don't know why it works but it does.
- _superposition_ 3mo agoI do the same thing with pickle juice. Works for me.