Soooo like many of lo carbers I have, well, had a really hard time pooping ;p. That's not to say I had an easy time before lo carbing. Frankly, it's been a problem for a long long time. I can remember taking a few fiber pills the night before a wedding so I could get into a dress. Anyway, I started taking Magnesium 2 days ago by suggestion of several lo carbers. Now I can't seem to stay away from the toilet for more than an hour! It's just crazy. I must have gone like 5 or 7 times today and same goes for yesterday. I haven't changed anything else, so I can't imagine that it's something other than the magnesium pills. Has anyone else experianced this? I'm taking 500mgs 2x a day. Is that too much or something. Cause this can't be good for me.

err...just found this ;p

"The intestines control the amount of magnesium absorbed, since any overdosing with magnesium causes diarrhea, which expels the overdose. This is the way Milk of Magnesia works, resulting in evacuation of the entire bowel, because this salt is virtually insoluble and combines with water to act as a laxative. If you are taking Mg Supplements and take too much you will develop an episode of watery diarrhea that will last about an hour. You should then decrease your next dose by 50% as indicated on the Mg Dosing page"

I would cut down the Magnesium from 500 2x to 250 2x. I take the 250 tablets with breakfast and then with dinner. May 1000 mgs a day is to much for you body to handle.

do you think I can split them in half? I read somewhere that you shouldn't split the magn pills.