I'll help someone out(maybe?) cause you guys have helped me with my stuff. I have used a lot of time reading up on this lately because i am hoping creatine to be a PART of a the solution as far as my overloaded brain is concerned. (Dealing with a lot of stress, possible depression, testosterone deficiency and getting way too little sleep, among other things)
Now, obviously there are a lot of factors in play when we are considering just what use and effect something like this could have for a person but i'm just gonna, basically dump my data here. And everyone can do with it what they please.
>>76690609
>Balding
Seemingly debunked, not enough data
>>76691666
>>76695246
>Sleep more instead of paying for supplements
A state of sleep deprivation can result from a lot of things. Yes, you should definitely sleep more, but if for some reason you can't and/or the sleep quality is bad, creatine seems to be be used to combat this
>>76701487
>diarrhea
Taking large doses at time is indeed straining to the digestion system. If there are problems, you should try taking separate smaller amounts during your day, preferably with some amount of food. You also need to make sure you drink enough water during your day
>>76703386
>fucks up your kidneys
Creatine increases kidney waste product called creatinine, it itself doesn't mean that it's damaging your kidneys, but it will be a red flag in a test that doesn't measure Cystatin C. You take a test that checks that also and a medical professional will look at the bigger picture and see that nothing is actually wrong with your kidneys