Creatine overdose

[Shocker]

Creatine makes me feel like spewing and a guy was trying to tell me that it was because i am taking too much.

is p/day too much?
Is creatine known to do this?

The stuff says to eat it on an empty tomach but I never have an empty stomach.

[syntekz]

p/day??

I remember when I first started taking creatine I could feel it in my stomach. But that only lasted the first week or so when I was loading up.

It doesn't bother me anymore.

[Podium Kreatin]

u can't overdose creatine, u probably feel sick cuz ur body's not use to a hi concentration of creatine, not yet that is

what type of creatine btw

[Shocker]

i am taking musashi brand creatine with glucose.

[Severed Ties]

If their is a signifigant amount of glucose in it I'd only take it post workout. you don't need to take creatine on an empty stomach, just buy some bulk powder and 5 grams or so to your protein shakes. All these creatine transport products like cell-tech are just a waste of money, remember their isn't much money left in creatine cause it's so cheap in bulk so companies try to dress it up and pretend theirs is better than everyone elses. Don't buy into their marketing and save your money .

ST

[the doc]

are you drinking plenty of water?
creatine can give fellings of dehydration (like nausea)

[Shocker]

I try to drink plenty of water so I hope that that isn;t the problem, cheers Doc, it's good to have a doctor around eh.

The point that Severed ties made is most interesting to me. Yes it seems like I may have been sucked in by that marketing strategy then. The assistant of the store will always tell you about the way in which the glucose supplemented increases the absorbtion rate.

I think that this is like "cutting" a substance, eh?

so go for the straight stuff then, right? Dont waste my money on half a tub of creatine?

Thanks, you are saving me money, I will send 5% of money saved to ur bank account , pls include credit card details...etc not

[Podium Kreatin]

my doctor said that glucose causes ur blood to absorb more water, so it's possible to feel sick. "overdosing" on glucose may result in a lot of water in teh brain, whcih takes a while to exit. i dunno if this is related tho. take pure creatine as well as glucose/creatine mixes, and see waht happens

[body]

Originally posted by Podium Kreatin
my doctor said that glucose causes ur blood to absorb more water, so it's possible to feel sick. "overdosing" on glucose may result in a lot of water in teh brain, whcih takes a while to exit. i dunno if this is related tho. take pure creatine as well as glucose/creatine mixes, and see waht happens

to retain glycogen it holds 3 times it weight in water. This is why fat is a preferred form of energy storage. People also blame carbs on bloated look as they are holding water. Keto diets cause a quick water weight loss as your body expels the gylcogen and therefore the water goes with it.
If your bulking your glycogen levels should always be full, so eating a load of glucose should not do to much difference.

[Podium Kreatin]

i'm referring to the blood, not the skin. higher water in blood may'nt result in bloating, but it may result in water retention in the BRAIN, which is dangerous. ur brain has a hard time of getting rid of water, and easily absorbs water. i dunno what the condition is called, but taking an extraneous amt of dextrose will result in this.

[Delphi]

Normal people under normal conditions don't have to worry about swelling of the brain. After a brain injury it swells, leading to increased intracranial pressure. That leads to decreased oxygen delivery to the brain ==> irreversible brain damage. At that time IV fluid is used that does not contain glucose. The patient is intentionally dehydrated. They're also hyperventilated on the ventilator to intentionally lower the amount of carbon dioxide dissolved in the blood. This causes vasoconstriction in the brain, which further lowers intracranial pressure. At reasonably normal blood glucose levels you don't have to worry about all this. Even diabetics don't have problems with too much fluid on the brain.

Extra cerebrospinal fluid may be what you're thinking about. It's called hydrocephalus. It can be caused by production of too much CSF, a problem with circulation within the ventricles of the brain, or a problem with its reabsorption. These folks get shunts put in to channel excess fluid into a major blood vessel or into the abdominal cavity. Again, normal people don't have to worry about that.