so in other words, it just adds waterweight to your muscles?

i've considered taking this shit, but i don't really know what it is/waht it does/how it works.

Creatine is nitrogenous organic acid which naturally occurs in vertebrates and helps to supply energy to muscle and nerve cells. Creatine was identified in 1832 when Michel Eugène Chevreul discovered it as a component of skeletal muscle which he later named creatine after the Greek word for flesh, Kreas.

Yeah I feel stronger already, I did 9 handstand pushups earlier, and when I started I was only able to do 5. Look a little bigger but I'm not going to see as much size gain as most because I have a smaller frame to start with.
It does add water as well, but you gain strength aside from that too.

Any strength gains are psychosomatics. It may slightly increase your anaerobic endurance

I've heard a lot to indicate that creatine is the real deal, and nothing to ever indicate that it's a placebo.

During muscle contraction, ATP (adenosine tri phosphate) loses a phosphate molecule to create energy and gets converted to adenosine di phosphate (ADP). Now in order to produce more energy ADP must be converted back to ATP. Now when ATP is depleted, creatine acts as a source of phosphate and converts the ADP molecule to ATP molecule. The more creatine is availaible to the body, the more faster body can produce ATP molecules, so that more and more energy is availaible for the muscle contractions. This is how creatine acts as a great energy source for short bursts of exercise such as sprinting, bodybuilding and other athletic activities.

Creatine is pretty good. Just don't stay on for too long.

I used to take BSN's NO Explode....the first 4 weeks of this supplement where the greatest weeks of lifting. I know Null always says it doesn't add power, well it added something to me. I added a good 30 pounds to my max bench, and was benching over 40 pounds of my body weight. IT was a energy rush while I was lifting....

But after those 4 weeks I became immune to the effects. I even took like 4 months off and when I tried to get back on, it still didn't work as well...basically what I'm trying to say is don't stay on it too long.

I think it's just the caffeine.

I'm thinking of taking protein whey instead of creatine since it seems more natural and I haven't heard anything bad about it.

I've heard Creatine puts water into your muscles which could make you push harder.
It gives that extra edge so you can push harder and build muscle faster. That's just what I heard though.

That's exactly what it does, and how it works. With all of the focus needed to do heavy lifting, it's actually insulting to professionals to declare creatine some sort of placebo.