I've been taking creatine for a year now. This stuff WORKS for me.
Good strength and muscle size gains. The first couple of months I started taking it, I had some sort of discomfort in the stomach. A couple of hours later I'd find myself rushing to the toilet and sh**ing like a duck...

The problem was that my stomach was not used to the 5g serving. So after consulting profesional help I came up with this technique.

1. I skipped the 'loading phase'(some say is not necessary at all)

2. Took only 2.5g a day to get the body used to it.

3. Once I had a better tolarence, I split the 5g into two servings of 2.5g instead(1 pre and another post work out)

4. After about a month or two, I was able to handle the recommended 5g dose.

Try it, gluck

ps. I only take creatine in workout days now, postworkout or sometimes split half before and the other half after.

its not that, I drink more than enough water(5-6litres a day).
some people just dont have a tolerance towards it, so their body needs time to adjust.

This post has been edited by tineagle: May 25 2009, 07:04 PM

i never really felt the 'dehydration' it supposedly causes.

However, i would suggest taking it post workout with your p/w shake guessing that it would be around evening after buka puasa.

you dont need to load

thats how I took my shakes initially.

then I threw in some carbs like dextrose(Glucolin) to the mix.

Results were even better.

Gluck.

nono not ribena.
Glucolin is a brand for dextrose mono. You can find at shops/pharmacy in a small blue tub.

There are three i think, orange, grape n flavourless. Get the one with no flavour