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.

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johnthedebs 3 days ago | parent | next [-]

Do 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 3 days ago \| parent [-]
		yes, 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.

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BugsJustFindMe 3 days ago | parent | prev | next [-]

> 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-dehydra...

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faangguyindia 3 days ago | parent [-]

from 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.

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BugsJustFindMe 3 days ago | parent [-]

"often" and "always" are two different words that mean two different things

	▲	faangguyindia 3 days ago \| parent [-]
		Yes, 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.

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_superposition_ 3 days ago | parent | prev | next [-]

I do the same thing with pickle juice. Works for me.

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pawelduda 3 days ago | parent | prev [-]

Do you take monohydrate or HCL?

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SkyPuncher 3 days ago | parent | next [-]

Monihydrate causes me terrible GI issues and insomnia. I’ve found HCL to me much easier on my body.

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pawelduda 3 days ago | parent [-]

It'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 17 hours ago \| parent [-]
		Hmm, I guess I haven’t notice the sour flavor. Con-Crete is the brand I use and the flavors are naturally sour.

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faangguyindia 3 days ago | parent | prev [-]

most common one, monohydrate.