actually you said to not take it based on your experience; implying the next user will experience your results as well. I am not saying your opinion is wrong; that was your experience on it. Also, you first stated that you went for your physical and that is when they found an abnormality, right? But then you went to a specialist, right? You mentioned they told you your levels were elevated, right? to which you responded something along the lines of "
well I have been taking creatine," to which the responded "
stop taking it, that shit will kill you," to which you responded " say it ain't so doc, I don't want to die - I'll tell everyone not to take it and that it is bad for you."
So, what were your levels? What brand were you taking? Did you front load? Were you taking 5x the recommended daily amount? Were you drinking plenty of water? By plenty I'm not talking the 8 glasses a day bullshit, I'm talking 1-2 gallons + a day.
Have you since had any additional blood work done? I ask this mainly because although the above scenario is mostly bullshit, there is some truth to it (BOLDED) - meaning as your body naturally produces creatinine; your body also flushes it out through urine - abnormal levels are not something to be overly concerned with - especially knowing you were adding ADDITIONAL CREATINE TO YOUR SYSTEM, THAT WILL CAUSE AN INFLUX OF CREATININE WHICH CAUSES A "FALSE POSITIVE." KNOWING THIS, high creatinine levels can also be a sign of kidney failure - so have you had this checked out since you stopped taking additional creatine?
http://www.medicinenet.com/creatinine_blood_test/article.htm
stretch what I said why dont yout. If you're gonna quote me, do it from the post. Saying "don't take it because of my experience" is STILL an opinion. No where, besides what the doctors told me, did I come with facts stating what it will do, I stated what it did based on my experience. Thus, my SUGGESTION is based on what I have been through.
Furthermore, I went to the doctor for a regular physical and I was referred to a nephrologist. I don't know what happened in between, just know that sometime after they checked my urine or blood, whatever it was they found something, and then the nephrologist mentioned about my creatine content being high. Tell me, if I had so many successful physicals with no issues and the only thing that changed in my lifestyle, eating habits, workout habits, etc was taking creatine, wouldn't it just be common sense that it is a very good indicator of a higher than normal creatine content (when it NEVER was an issue before)?
And the nephrologist never said it would kill me. He stated that my kidneys can get damaged if I continued to use it. And please tell me why after I stopped taking it that my following physicals were normal?
As far as how I took it, I don't remember, this was about 7 years ago, but I followed the directions and I was actually drinking about 1.5 gallons per day. I would go to school with a gallon of water and that it is pretty much all I drank, other than milk and juice here and there.
Like I said, for the past 10 or so times, do what you want with your body, it doesn't matter to me. I'm sharing MY experience as to why one shouldn't take it, it's up to you whether or not you want to take the advice. I have no problem with that at all. But don't sit on your *** and try to tell me that my high creatine content was not because of creatine. Did you see my medical report, did you give me the physical, are either one of the physicians that I went to? No, you aren't, you don't know the situation, but you are making assumptions. So since you don't know SH
IT about my experience and you want to make assumptions, just shut THE fu
ck up till you get your facts straight.
