Admin's Unscientific Study on the Effects of Creatine with Chronic Fatigue Syndrom

I'm currently running a study on my mother who has been diagnosed with CFS. She is 44 years old and tends to sleep throughout the day and night.

I decided to get her permission to conduct a study on her to see what effect creatine will have on the syndrome.

I am currently giving her 5 grams creatine monohydrate in the early A.M

Hypothosis: Creatine will give more energy and help keep patiant more awake with less sleep thoughout the day, and more thoughout the night.

Day 1:

Nothing yet, as expected.

Day 2: Seems to be a little bit more awake, no afternoon nap like usuall and seems a little bit more energenic

Creatine would affect muscular energy and work ability, but how would it affect the total body's energy? I mean, how much is the body really breaking down creatine phosphate to add a molecule of Phosphate to ADP in order to reconsitute ATP if it isn't really working hard? Not trying to bust balls, I'm just curious.

Creatine is an amino acid used by the body to create energy. The body Naturally produces two diffrent types of creatine. 1.)phosocreatine 2.)free creatine. These two types of creatine make up the "creatine pool". When a person increases the creatine pool they are increasing overall energy. (Maddock R.J., Binder B.S., Carr S.N., Mckeith F.K., Berg E.P, Savell J.W. Department of Animal Sciences, Texas A & M University.)

Originally Posted by Admin

Creatine is an amino acid used by the body to create energy. The body Naturally produces two diffrent types of creatine. 1.)phosocreatine 2.)free creatine. These two types of creatine make up the "creatine pool". When a person increases the creatine pool they are increasing overall energy. (Maddock R.J., Binder B.S., Carr S.N., Mckeith F.K., Berg E.P, Savell J.W. Department of Animal Sciences, Texas A & M University.)

Creatine, as a singular entity, is a byproduct of muscular contraction, when Creatine Phosphate (phosphocreatine) is broken down to provide an additional phosphate molecule, in order to regenerate ATP. In order to make the 'overall' creatine pool more effective, that person would also have to have an adequate supply of phosphate molecules in the body. Just my .02

Just curious, but how's the study going?