No, it gives me gout-esque flare ups

I've been on a daily creatine regimen for a few months and I feel like it has had significant cognitive benefits. I have lifelong insomnia and sleep deprivation, and also ADHD which mostly manifests as very poor motivation (which is hugely effects by how bad my sleep has been).

The research I've seen indicates that creatine is specifically beneficial for improving cognition under sleep deprivation. This is the protocol I've been using: https://brandonluumd.substack.com/p/creatine-for-the-sleep-deprived-brain.

I know its difficult to self assess stuff like this, versus placebo, but becuase my cognitive impairment is so severe when I'm sleeping badly I think the improvement from creatine has been really noticeable for me. I'm a programmer so I have a pretty clear benchmark for cognitive ability on any given day, my ability to think clearly has very obvious impacts on my work. Its been startling to be able to operate at a high level in circumstances I would normally be cognitively crippled and unable to do much of anything.

I would recommend trying it for anyone who has similar issues to myself.

creatine is sorta funny for me. If your a meat eater. Especially american level meat eater. You get so much creatine. It cracks me up to see the supplements advertised because they are obviously not advertising to vegans. There is a case if your an intense athlete but we are talking real professional or olympic type level not weekend warrior.

+8 intelligence for 3mins for the standard stuff, +12 for 5mins with the right setup ime

let me tell you, i’ve been doing 5g of creatine every day for 3 years and am dumber than i’ve ever been