Anyone Have Trouble 'stomaching" Magnesium?

[Guest BERNESES]

Both my chiropractor and physiatrist recently recommended that I take a calcium magnesium supplement to help with fibromyalgia. I took it at night at first (3 tablets which was a LOT) and didn't feel good, so I backed off and tried again dividing it up through the day. I took one with lunch yesterday and one with dinner. feel sick again and it gives me something close to diarrhea.

I looked at the "natural laxative" I take (Cleanse More by ReNew Life) and it has about 200 mg of magnesium in it. That alone makes me poop my brains out and I only take it when I'm desperate because it means a day spent in the bathroom and cramping, bloating and nausea.

I'm noticing the same thing with the cal-mag supplement too. My chiro told me to make sure it's not magnesium citrate (that gives me explosive D) and it's not but I don't do very well with magnesium it would seem.

Does anyone else have such a strong reaction to it? Is there anything comparable to cal mag for muscles? It makes my muscles much less sore but I spend the day feeling hideous and the trade off isn't worth it.

[tarnalberry]

Mag does cause D - you can balance that with calcium (which has the opposite effect). Spreading it throughout the day in multiple doses (even if you have to split the pills) is probably your best bet. And taking it with food.

[Guest BERNESES]

Oh my gosh- too funny! I was just thinking YOU would be the perfect person to answer this question, came back to my desk and there was your reply!

Actually, I have another question. I used to take cal mag with no problem at all 9but haven't taken it in aabout 6 months) but I "lost" my gall bladder two weeks ago so that can cause D too. Maybe my body isn't ready for anything "new"?

[tarnalberry]

Oh my gosh- too funny! I was just thinking YOU would be the perfect person to answer this question, came back to my desk and there was your reply!

Actually, I have another question. I used to take cal mag with no problem at all 9but haven't taken it in aabout 6 months) but I "lost" my gall bladder two weeks ago so that can cause D too. Maybe my body isn't ready for anything "new"?

ooo... that's now jumped right out of my knowledge base. I know gallbladder removal makes things different, but I haven't the faintest clue how! sorry. It could just be that taking some time would help.

the cal/mag/D I take hasn't bothered my stomach (rainbow light, food based calcium), though one I took in the past has. but I think spreading it out over the day - many many small doses - might help. if not, try a liquid?

if it's not bothered you in the past, though, and is now, I would suspect the surgery had an impact.

[Nancym]

Magnesium in high doses is a laxative. The way to take it is in small doses several times a day, not on an empty stomach. There are some time released magnesiums on the market too but you can probably only order them online.

[lindalee]

Both my chiropractor and physiatrist recently recommended that I take a calcium magnesium supplement to help with fibromyalgia. I took it at night at first (3 tablets which was a LOT) and didn't feel good, so I backed off and tried again dividing it up through the day. I took one with lunch yesterday and one with dinner. feel sick again and it gives me something close to diarrhea.

I looked at the "natural laxative" I take (Cleanse More by ReNew Life) and it has about 200 mg of magnesium in it. That alone makes me poop my brains out and I only take it when I'm desperate because it means a day spent in the bathroom and cramping, bloating and nausea.

I'm noticing the same thing with the cal-mag supplement too. My chiro told me to make sure it's not magnesium citrate (that gives me explosive D) and it's not but I don't do very well with magnesium it would seem.

Does anyone else have such a strong reaction to it? Is there anything comparable to cal mag for muscles? It makes my muscles much less sore but I spend the day feeling hideous and the trade off isn't worth it.

I take magnesium for helping the cal. to absorb and also as a protector for the heart. Could you try just that for a while and lay off the laxative? Magnesium works as a laxative. Dr. Becker said if you have too much magnesium you get diarrhea. I don't know if that has anything to do with us "celiac's" though. Ha, ha LindaLee

[jerseyangel]

Bev--I tend to have a difficult time stomaching calcium/mag suppliments. The one that I can tolerate easily is by Standard Process--it's called Calcium Lactate. It was suggested to me by my Kineisiologist. It is available at my local health food store, and the owner told me that a lot of Chiropracters tell their patients to use that brand.

[Guest BERNESES]

Thanks everyone for your input- I did a thorough "analysis" of my food journal and it definitely seems like the cal mag is the problem. I only take the CleanseMore with magnesium as a laxative when I am really constipated, normally just the cal mag supplement. I read that if cal mag gives you D, it's because of the unabsorbed portion irritating your bowels.

Tiffany- As far as the gall bladder goes, when you have it removed, your bile no longer gets stored there for release when you eat. Instead, it just goes straight from the liver to the small intestine. Sometimes people get D after gall bladder removal until their liver figures out there is no storage for the bile and releases less. They say that it's the first few months (for some people it goes on longer) but I haven't had D every day, just the days I've taken more than 2 cal mags.

Patti- I'll look into the calcium lactate. I also heard that magnesium glycinate is more easily absorbed 9i think it's mag and malic acid?).

Ugh! I've been on the toilette all day and I'm supposed to go see Little Feat tonight. I'm pooped!

[twinmommy]

I started giving my twin boys (both with Celiac Disease) a Cal-Mag supplement and they had so many messy, runny diapers. I stopped the supplement but also stopped several other things at the same time and was wondering what helped. I see now that it was probably the Cal-Mag. Have you tried it in several doses? Does that help instead of one big dose?

By the way, I am brand new and cannot figure out how to post a message. Can you help me?

Dana

Mag does cause D - you can balance that with calcium (which has the opposite effect). Spreading it throughout the day in multiple doses (even if you have to split the pills) is probably your best bet. And taking it with food.

[lindalee]

Magnesium in high doses is a laxative. The way to take it is in small doses several times a day, not on an empty stomach. There are some time released magnesiums on the market too but you can probably only order them online.

I take extra magn. and the calc. mag. helps me sleep. They say you only absorb small amounts of calcium at a time so big doses just go to waste. LindaLee

[Guest BERNESES]

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Dana

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I have tried it in several doses throughout the day with food and it doesn't seem to help so maybe I will stop it for a bit, see what happens once my gut settles down and then try it again or in a different form. It could be that the excess bile going into my small intestine since I had my gall bladder removed 2 weeks ago is contributing to the D. I think I'll just go low key for awhile and take my multi and fish oil and see if things calm down and try again in a few weeks.

[trents]

I get the same effect if I take cal/mag at the usual recommended dose. You may want to cut it in half and take a calcium supplement with vitamin D but not magnesium for the other half. Also, are you getting a significant amount of magnesium from some other source that you aren't taking into account such as your multiple vitamin? Some people are just more sensitive to magnesium than others. I have the same problem when I try use zinc losenges for a cold. I just don't tolerate some of those metallic elements well from a GI perspective.

Steve

[Guest BERNESES]

Thanks Steve- good to know I am not alone. Yes- my multi-vitamin has 100 mg of magnesium in it so if I take that and 3 cal mags (at 133 mg each) I get 499 mg which just sends me over the edge D wise.

[aikiducky]

I was wondering too if there was some reason that you couldn't just take a lower dose? Try to find the dose that you can tolerate? Magnesium works well as a laxative for me, too but if I keep under a certain dose and spread it through the day it's ok.

Pauliina

[jenvan]

Thanks everyone for your input- I did a thorough "analysis" of my food journal and it definitely seems like the cal mag is the problem. I only take the CleanseMore with magnesium as a laxative when I am really constipated, normally just the cal mag supplement. I read that if cal mag gives you D, it's because of the unabsorbed portion irritating your bowels.

Tiffany- As far as the gall bladder goes, when you have it removed, your bile no longer gets stored there for release when you eat. Instead, it just goes straight from the liver to the small intestine. Sometimes people get D after gall bladder removal until their liver figures out there is no storage for the bile and releases less. They say that it's the first few months (for some people it goes on longer) but I haven't had D every day, just the days I've taken more than 2 cal mags.

Patti- I'll look into the calcium lactate. I also heard that magnesium glycinate is more easily absorbed 9i think it's mag and malic acid?).

Ugh! I've been on the toilette all day and I'm supposed to go see Little Feat tonight. I'm pooped!

Yeah, most folks I've known w/gallbladder removal had the D go away after a short period of time... I have a lower dose magnesium/malic acid (80mg) supplement I can take w/o any issues--but we have some higher dose mag pills that cause the cramping, D and burning--ugh. Those are 400mg. I usually take two of each. For me, reducing side effects is reducing dosage...

[barbara3675]

I, too, take magnesium with malic acid as suggested by my health store owner for fibromyalgia and I it works also for my constipation along with eating gluten-free. Each pill has 62.5 mg magnesium and 250 mg malic acid and I take two in the AM and two in the PM. They are kind of expensive and I should go on the internet to see if I could get them cheaper, but it is really handy to just stop there and buy them. I also take Mobic, which is an anti-inflammitory for the fibro and without both of them I am in trouble and with them I do really well except for isolated times when I am in flares. Also be aware that sugar is not good for people with fibro, eating a lot of sugary foods if really bad for people with fibromyalgia...direct correlation. My diagnosis for fibro came at around age 58 and for the fibro at 59. Barbara