Magnesium oxide and citrate cause diarrhea, but magnesium glycinate is gentler on the stomach. Get an RBC magnesium test to confirm you actually need it, then start low with glycinate and increase slowly.
What do I do if I can't stomach magnesium? It gives me diarrhea. Cindy, a lot of it depends on the type of magnesium you're using. And so magnesium oxide or citrate, those tend to be the ones that can give you diarrhea versus something like magnesium glycinate. So I would get off of it. I would do an RBC magnesium test to see if you need to be supplementing with magnesium. And then if you do, I would titrate up magnesium glycinate.
