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GreatGazoo

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39. Early in the day

Tue Dec 30, 2025, 11:52 PM

Dec 30

with food. Usually right at the end of breakfast.

It doesn't make you sleepy.

REM sleep uses more energy than we used to think and it can be impaired. So the cognitive and energy boost creatine gives during the day carries over to sleep. It is not a hormone or stimulant. It just makes more energy available at the cellular level.

One of the more recent studies looked female athletes but the effect is not specific to either gender.

Creatine Improves Total Sleep Duration

Females historically experience sleep disturbances and overall poor sleep compared to males. Creatine has been proposed to impact sleep; however, the effects are not well known. The purpose of this study was to examine the effects of creatine supplementation on sleep among naturally menstruating females.
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Compared to the placebo group, those consuming creatine experienced significant increases in total sleep

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/39203908/

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