I'm getting headaches from Creatine

[familydreams]

Why am I having headaches while taking creatine? Am I getting dehydrated or is the thing is expired?
I was looking For the expiration date, but it looks like it is good for another 11 months... Maybe I'm jumping the gun and it is not the creatine, but I have had a slight headache every night after training for the last week, and I started creatine two weeks ago.

 

[muskate]

Creatine itself can not be causing the headaches. [FONT=Calibri, sans-serif]Supplemental creatine is nothing more then the amino acids glycine, arginine, and methionine synthesized together. It is not a hormone or a stimulant. [/FONT]

[FONT=Calibri, sans-serif]Are you using a flavoured creatine supplement? A lot of flavoured creatine supplements are loaded with stimulants and artificial flavours/sweeteners which can cause headaches and GI issues.

Try switching to a capsulated creatine supplement like ancient strength from n2bm.com, or unflavoured creatine supplement.

You didn't mention your dosage but your problem might also be due to using too high of a dosage. There is no reason to use a dosage higher then 5g/day. Your body can only absorb so much. Once your creatine phosphate levels are saturated, any additional creatine will just cause GI issues and side effects. [/FONT]

 

[stevesmi]

stop taking it and see what happens

you probably are taking poor brand. n2bm has ancient strength which is pure

 

[MasonicBodybuilder]

It shouldn't be the creatine if you are taking pure creatine. Is there anything added to the product like artificial sweeteners, caffeine, sugar, or other fillers? I would stop taking it and see what happens.

 

[Lev Butlerov]

There is something wrong with your creatine, since it can not cause headaches. Therefore, it is either not creatine what you have there, or you have a creatine product with some additives that make you feel this way. In any case, I would suggest you to change your creatine, since it should never cause headaches.

 

[Jay Scott]

Creatine should not cause headaches, so I think the problem is somewhere else. Unless you using a blend creatine product which contains some stims, then it could be the case