Prolonged Creatine use

[InferiorDesign]

It definetly does stop the bodies use to make creatine. i used it for 3 months, every day i took 10 grams. the first 3 or 4 days i was off my muscles seriously felt dry and tight. i thought i could rid this by drinking alot of water and so i drank alot of water, its day 6 and the tightness of my muscles has gone down, i feel normal again. i think my body is making creatine again. so for anyone else on the stuff i would recommend not exceeding a month before taking a week off. im 16 and in really good health, if you older, the side effects could be worse

[Paul Stagg]

You can't 'feel' yourself making creatine.

I don't think you can 'shut it down' either. I think that was marketing hype to make creatine sound like steroids.

[MattP]

Not true dude. If you don't cycle your creatine, it will cause your body to at least decrease it's natural production. I've read a few studies that say you should cycle every 2 to 3 weeks.

[gettinjackT]

just don't use too much, you'll be fine. Some people just really overdue it with that crap. If you insist on using more than 70g a week, then yeh, cycle 3:1 would be a good idea.