creatine is giving me headaches any other suggestions on the same type of product

i seem to be getting a headache after taking creatine but im in a dilema as i love the affects of creatine
 
is there any other products (uk) that does more or less what creatine does or am i stuck with the headaches
im doin a 30 day cycle on and 30 days of so im not prolonging use
 
any advice greatly appreciated
P.S money is tight so the cheaper the better lol
 
cheers

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the only creatine that ever gave me a head ache was cell tech and that was with in the the first 15 minutes of taking it.  try a different creatine.

i think i might do
the ones im taking is the body fortress hardcore caps
it is a shame becuse they are  or seem to be doing a really good job
but like you say i think i might have to try a diffrent brand and see what happens but thanks for the advice

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I had the most absolutely crazy insane dreams for the first week when I started taking creatine.  No headaches though.

"But a true champion, face to face with his darkest hour, will do whatever it takes to rise above. A man fights, and fights, and then fights some more. Because surrender is death, and death is for pussies."

lol i will swap you those dreams for the headaches
but you saying that i seem to get better nights sleep with the creatine
im defo gona stop on creatine as the benifits outway my headaches 100 fold so as they say no pain no gain lol

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ive always been told drink alot or more water dont know y but it always seems to do the trick

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ive always been told drink alot or more water dont know y but it always seems to do the trick

coz creatine absorbs the water and retains it. so u need to drink approx a litre of water for every gram of creatine you take to make sure the body has adequate water balance.
 
also my gf has this theory about using water to "flush" out her headaches. i have no idea what she means by it, but it seems to work for her.

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i was on the toilet every5 mins last night i was none stop drinking lol
i know what you mean about drinking more water it had it stamped all over the bottle lol i think it might just be my body getting used to it
im gona give it another week i think and see how it goes
how do you all rate creatine
 
cheers

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smaller doses, more water, creatine monohydrate with no fillers

ok thanks for that OH i will give that a try

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gf has this theory about using water to "flush" out her headaches. i have no idea what she means by it, but it seems to work for her

mr ironman69 i believe i agree lots of water headache gone.

DONT BLAME THE PITBULL TRAIN THE PITBULL .BAN THE DEED NOT THE BREED.... OH YES MY GRAMR AND SPELNG SUCK AZZ...I KNOW.. THERE ARE NO BAD DOGS.JUST BAD OWNERS...

just to let you all know i have drank absolutly loads of water tonight i started drinking loads about 30 mins before i took my creatine it seems to have helped as i feel fine (fingers crossed ) cheers all of you for the advice i really appreciate all the help

cheers

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I've been dosing 50 grams of this a day lately but due to the headaches had to stop. Paracetamol did the trick but since I'm on methyls not a good idea

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Your headaches can likely be attributed to  increases in pressure caused by the creatine.  Because creatine is a solUTE (a chemical that is dissolved in an appropriate solVENT) it is able to bring about concentration gradients between the cells and surrounding fluid/blood vessels.  This happens especially in muscle cells and I can't find anything that says creatine differentiates between smooth and skeletal muscle.  So, it is possible that the muscles of the temples, eyes jaw etc.. will absorb the creatine causing a higher creatine concentration in the cell than extracellular fluid, this causes the muscles to swell making them look larger, it will also drive the reaction of  creatine + phospate ion--> creatine phosphate  + ADP ---> creatine + ATP forward, the ATP is used for energy in muscle contraction and protein synthesis among many other metabolic processes.  The down side is the increased pressure in the muscles of the head can exert that pressure on the brain causing pain in the form of migraine or tension headache.  Drinking more water may help over the long term as it will help remove the creatine from your system.  The initial bull that was out was you needed to "load" creatine, that would have the same effect in such a case of this as throwing a few extra scoops of table salt in your morning glass of water.  The human body is capable of absorbing 2 g of creatine monohydrate per 24hrs, creatine is absorbed into cells on a diffusion gradient so the "insulin" spike that was hyped will do little more than give you diabetes.  When using supplements you need to remember that few of them, especially the instructions that go with them were designed by biochemists or physicians, usually they are designed by marketing experts and mba's that are not interested in health except for the health of their finance portfolios.  The supps work, some of them, but determine your own instructions.  When you get home, tear the label off the bottle, write the product in it on the bottle in pen and turn the computer on.  Patent searches for the ORIGINAL patents on the active ingredients, not individual products are good sources of info, sometimes the MERCK manuals will give indications and dosages of supp's.  Speaking to physicians and experienced biochemists/molecular physiologists can be good (I accept PM's and answer quickly if you want biomedical opinion, there are guys here who will attest to that), and you have thousands of experienced users with a ton of anecdotal experience and personal experience you can draw on.  You will get honest opinions from those not trying to make money off you.
If you have loaded the creatine, you should stop taking it for a week, drink lots of water and resume at 2 grams per day after that, you will get no more headaches.  If this doesn't work feel free to PM me and we can see if there is something else going on that maybe you don't want to mention in a post.  I'm a Canadian so I can't even order tests for you, but I can probably tell you if you need to get to a doctor down there.  Headaches should never be overlooked if they are chronic (meaning for more than the odd one that can't be treated with tylenol) they can be an indicator of something more serious, this is not to worry you.  For example when I was in the army I went thru the same thing for months, it turned out that when I was in second language training I didn't sit facing the instructor so I spent all day with my neck at 90 degrees, i fixed that and they went away.  It could be some lifting technique etc..  ask some of these guys in a post about ways they may have developed headaches and try to find the route of the problem.  If used properly creatine shouldn't cause headache but it might aggravate an existing muscle/skeletal problem by adding strength and size to problem muscles.

cheers for that info it was very very usefull

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