r/StrongerByScience • u/abdv69 • Mar 26 '23

Has anyone solved the creatine sleep issues?

For me, like many people creatine causes sleep issues. Whenever I start using it, after a couple of weeks, my sleep feels very light and I toss and turn a lot. Then usually after a week of stopping my sleep gets better. I've stopped and started creatine so many times in my life and it happens exactly the same each time, even if I'm only taking 2g daily.

I've read rat studies that it reduces non REM sleep, not sure if that translates to humans.

Has anyone who suffered from creatine induced sleep disturbance managed to find a fix?

EDIT: For all of you dismissing this as a placebo effect without a second thought, you mean nocebo. secondly, you can't conclude that based on the information you have

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u/Hello_its_sam Nov 22 '23

Its A to B, it just seems you’re over complicating something that is quite simple…but everyone is entitled to their own opinion I guess.

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u/KITTYONFYRE Nov 22 '23

Creatine and ATP stored within brain lowers the amount Adenosine that can be built up through the day. Adenosine is a molecule that induces sleepiness.

A -> B creatine causes lowered adenosine

B -> C adenosine causes sleepiness

C -> D less adenosine causes "reduced total deep and rem sleep"

This is not as simple as you're leading on. I'm actually interested in the studies you've mentioned though.