Creatine Monohydrate and bad dreams

[boti]

May 28, 2025

Falsche Anschuldigung​

Anders, als das was die Welt mir sagt,

Sage ich immer das Gegenteil zurück.

Nur weil die Welt, die ja den meisten zu glauben vermag,

eine Sache sagt,

Heisst nicht, dass ich zuhören muss.

Die Welt ist dumm und noch dümmer ist die Dunkelheit,

Leben muss ich auch noch, in voller Dankbarkeit.

Das weiss ich erst seit gestern, 

das ist ja schad’

Denn heute bin ich dafür zu alt.

Der Weg, der nie richtig war,

Ist derjenige, der in die Richtigkeit führt.

Und sonst so, was die Welt angeht:

Ich glaube, dass sie unschuldig ist.

Genauso wie ich,
zu Unrecht angezeigt.

 

[boti]

I started taking creatine about 5 g (previous about 2 gr) and experienced bad dreams, vivid, awakening with heart race. This side effect hasn't been looked into, but upon searching some people have complained about the same side effects. Unfortunately I already have taken my dosage for today, but starting with tomorrow I will stop taking it and see if I go back to a normal pattern of sleep.
Creating seems to be very important, but the side effects should be looked into, for optimal usage.

Another general issue that I see in the world of nutrition and supplements, is that the always talk about the dosage, which is very much height and weight dependent. For example when low carb people talke about how much carbs, they always ignore the height, BMI, weight, etc. 40 gram carbs for someone who is from eastern europe (romanians/bulgarians) and as such not as tall as a german or american, is going to need maybe not more than 5 gram carbs to not overdo.

I can't believe that such a small detail is the core of any recommendation, yet ignored.

 

[boti]

Day 1 after stopping creatine:

• I had troubles falling asleep, as oppose with during taking creatine, where I would fall asleep very quick
• I woke up earlier
• had a bad dream, but compared with the nights before I would call it "mild" bad
• Couldn't remember shortly after what the dream was about, as oppose to before during creatine, where I could remember all the details of all bad dreams
• heart pulse feels lower than yesterday where it wouldn't calm down throughout the entire day