How it went
Did it last?
- 1 of 4 said the benefit wore off.
- 1 of 4 needed to keep doing it to stay well.
Read from what people wrote. A story that ends without a follow-up counts as lasting, so treat these as minimums.
| Outcome described | Accounts | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Full recovery | 0 | 0% |
| Near-full | 0 | 0% |
| Substantial | 3 | 75% |
| Partial | 1 | 25% |
| Relapsed | 0 | 0% |
| No benefit | 0 | 0% |
Only 4 accounts. Treat these percentages as anecdotes, not rates.
By how ill people were
| Severity at worst | How it went | n | Recovered |
|---|---|---|---|
| Moderate | 2 | 0% | |
| Severe | 2 | 0% |
0 accounts don’t say how ill the person was.
How often it comes up
Posts that mention Creatine, per 1,000 posts each year. Hover a point for the count.
Show as a table
| Year | Posts mentioning it | All posts | Per 1,000 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 | 0 | 184 | 0.0 |
| 2010 | 0 | 682 | 0.0 |
| 2011 | 1 | 704 | 1.4 |
| 2012 | 4 | 1,491 | 2.7 |
| 2013 | 6 | 1,995 | 3.0 |
| 2014 | 1 | 2,707 | 0.4 |
| 2015 | 4 | 2,566 | 1.6 |
| 2016 | 3 | 2,023 | 1.5 |
| 2017 | 2 | 3,381 | 0.6 |
| 2018 | 0 | 2,523 | 0.0 |
| 2019 | 1 | 1,637 | 0.6 |
| 2020 | 6 | 3,318 | 1.8 |
| 2021 | 1 | 2,469 | 0.4 |
| 2022 | 2 | 1,871 | 1.1 |
| 2023 | 3 | 2,362 | 1.3 |
| 2024 | 19 | 2,176 | 8.7 |
| 2025 | 8 | 1,349 | 5.9 |
| 2026 (so far) | 4 | 899 | 4.4 |
Posts in the forum threads and blog comments we archived, 34,337 in all, counted per year. A mention means the post names the treatment, not that the writer took it. These pages all contain a recovery story, so they show what those communities discussed, not everyone with ME/CFS or long COVID. All trends
All 4 accounts
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Creatine - An Alternative Mitochondrial Energy Source for ME/CFS, Fibromyalgia, Long COVID?
Creatine monohydrate (Thorne brand) 5g/day, begun in November 2023; how long she had been ill beforehand is not stated, and she was 72 years old with moderate impairment. After about three months she noticed easier walks and could do more exercise…
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Creatine - An Alternative Mitochondrial Energy Source for ME/CFS, Fibromyalgia, Long COVID?
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…
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Creatine - An Alternative Mitochondrial Energy Source for ME/CFS, Fibromyalgia, Long COVID?
Creatine monohydrate, started at 10g/day for about a month then dropped to a 5g/day maintenance dose, alongside 1.25mg low-dose naltrexone. He had moderate ME/CFS for 8 years before starting. Within weeks he noticed sustained benefits, later calling it the…
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Mitochondrial and Energy Metabolism Dysfunction in ME/CFS - Myhill, Booth and McLaren-Howard Papers
MrTwoToedSloth, mostly housebound and limited to about one activity a week before a week-long flare-up, assembled a broad mitochondrial-support stack (CoQ10, acetyl-L-carnitine, nicotinamide riboside, creatine, D-ribose and more) and noticed improvement at…