My blood panel came back scary after 8 months of daily creatine loading

Back in March I started taking 10 grams of creatine every morning, thinking more was better for my lifting routine. Last week my doctor in Austin called about my GFR numbers, said they dropped into the 60s range which is borderline for kidney stress. I cut back to 3 grams a day and started drinking a full liter of water before noon, then retested three days later and it bounced back to 78. Has anyone else seen their kidney markers shift this fast from a supplement dose, or was I just dehydrated and panicking over nothing?

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amy_martin7h ago

My 15g daily gave me 55 GFR, fixed in 5 days with water and 2.5g. You were just dried out.

cole_murphy7h ago

Guess kidney values bounce faster than my pre-workout hype, @amy_martin already proved that.