Creatine headache?

I don't get visual auras or anything like that as a warning sign, it's usually somehtng I don't realize was a warning sign until it's too late. Tursday morning I felt a pressure like a mask around my nose and eyes, but it went away. It came back Friday, and proceeded on to a full blown migrane.

I usually don't throw up, but Advil Liquid Gels and a cool, dark, quiet room are my favorite treatment.

Could it be from dehydration?

I tend to urinate a lot, when I'm using creatine. If your urine is dark yellow then dehydration could be the problem. Dehydration can definitely cause headaches.

I don't think so, I make a point of drinking a lot of water all day long. I think it was just a random migrane. I've cut back to 5g of creatine twice a day, and haven't had any problems since.

I get migraines also, for me its hereditary. One of those things I wish wasn't passed down to me by the family. I can tell when its coming on by vision loss and that numbing sensation through a good majority of my arms and face. I would not wish this on even my worst enemy its really bad, makes you want to blow your head away most of the time. I usually pop 4 -6 Excedrines and then try to get to bed as quickly as possible, and even then its not completly gone for 2 days.

Pal

Advil Liquid Gels are my poison of choice...next best thing to injecting them! The seem to work twice as fast as the regular kind, at three times the price. But when I'm in that kind of pain, I'm ready to pay ANYTHING to make it stop.

I started Creatine Monohydrate about a month and a half ago. I loaded x 5 days at 5 grams 4 x / day (per label) and now I take 5 grams per day.

I noticed I get a frontal headache if I take it with water only. If I take it mixed in Grape Juice or some other form of simple carbs I don't get a headache.

I have to wonder whether it helps blood glucose transport into the cells and thus when I took it with water only it caused a temporary hypoglycemia and headache.

Creatine shouldn't affect glucose transport by itself at all. Maybe just having it floating around in your blood changes the fluid balance somehow, where taking it with grape juice causes an insulin spike that pulls it out of the blood faster.