Creatine - An Alternative Mitochondrial Energy Source for ME/CFS, Fibromyalgia, Long COVID?
- Condition
- ME/CFS
- At worst
- Severe (mostly bedbound)
- Ill for
- 5.5 years
- Published
- Oct 2024
Summary
Creatine monohydrate 5g/day, with effects building gradually over about two months. She had fibromyalgia for over 10 years and ME/CFS for 5-6 years, and was mostly housebound despite working a full-time tech job from home. She called it the first medication or supplement to make any real impact, reporting more energy on waking, longer sustained mental effort, and no longer needing to sleep through lunch breaks. Continued daily use appears required to maintain the benefit, and no relapse or further follow-up is mentioned.
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