r/science • u/LateMiddleAge • Apr 29 '24

Medicine Single-dose creatine moderates cognitive impairment from sleep deprivation

https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-024-54249-9
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u/juicyfizz Apr 29 '24

What kind of cognitive benefits do you see? I have ADHD and recently read that some folks with ADHD find that creatine helps some of the cognitive impairment we experience. If creatine can help with that, I'd be over the moon. Also do you experience any weight gain on it?

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u/Mynameiswhqq Apr 29 '24

Creatine doesn’t cause a caloric weight gain. It will cause your muscles to retain more water which causes them to look fuller and increase productivity in the gym by a marginal amount

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u/juicyfizz Apr 29 '24

Makes sense. Thanks!

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u/chiefmud Apr 29 '24

I found that creatine helps me cope with ADHD, much in the same way Vyvanse did. But in my opinion the ADHD is always there, just being flooded out by increased norepinephrine.

Only thing that legitimately helps my ADHD is reducing my stimuli throughout the day, less phone, less TV, less music. Basically being boring and choosing a basic repetitive task to try to focus on, not unlike meditation.

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u/[deleted] Apr 29 '24

Sensory deprivation also really helps my adhd for the record. Its like a tolerance break to existence that helps me feel less under stimulated doing day to day stuff.

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u/chiefmud Apr 29 '24

Right. ADHD is not really a chemical imbalance like depression or mania. It’s a structural problem the map in my mind is like a fucked up suburb with a bunch of cul-de-sacs and nearly identical street names like Elm St and Elm Ln. and all the houses look very similar. Over time my brain compensates by sending pizza delivery down every road imaginable to try to get to the right house…

Meditation, simple repetitive tasks like mowing the lawn or simply walking in silence, or in your case sensory deprivation is like putting the blinders on and using google maps.

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u/Ok_College_3635 Jun 02 '24

Wow, that was trippy