The above should say Miralax, not Marla’s!

I use Mag Glycinate 140 mg that gives about 33% of your RDA at 11 am. Read the labels. Be careful not to take any meds or supple around the Mag doses because it inhibits absorption . It may say 500 but it’s not all the true dose. I then take at 8 PM a dose of Miralax and about 300 mg of Mag Citrate. I alternate a powdered form of the Mag Citrate with capsules depending on how busy I am. Powder works better. I don’t absorb well. I get my Mg levels and all my electrolytes checked about every 3-6 months and I am always mid level or at least in the normal range. I could use more Mag but I don’t take it. I do eat very well, I only eat white bread on Saturday my cheat day, and I splurge on a little sugared dessert too. I basically eat fruit, veggies, Greek yogurt, meat, fish, almond butter and the bread I make with coconut flour, coconut oil,almond milk, eggs and add ground flax, psyllium, and pecan meal and a few other things,like xanthum gum, and baking powder etc. It’s gluten free too. Oh lots of water and my Linzess every am. I had a Sitz Study and I had minimal movement to the marker once it was in my Colon. Even though my thyroid is now fairly regulated my gut moves slow because many years of endometriosis like I mentioned( scar tissue). I do the best I can to stay out of the hospital. I have a medical background which helps also.

Daily RDA for Magnesium in men is 420 mg. I don’t have any kidney or liver issues and I have absorption issues so I take Magnesium Citrate 120 mg capsule at 11 am and at 8 pm I take another 120 mg Mag Citrate cap but also Intake Magnesium Citrate Powder of 240 mg. I should do it all in powder because it works Best but it is hard to mix and you have to flavor the water you mix it in. I also mix into my 20 oz glass of water a dose of miralax with the Mg Powder. If I don’t do all this the Linzess will not work. The Mg and the miralax pull the water into my colon then strictly every am at 5 along with three tall glasses of water I take the Linzess which increases the peristalsis( the movement). I also have to add some salt. I don’t have motility in my colon for various reasons so I need a lot of help. If you aren’t extremely constipated like me you can get very dehydrated since the Mg and the miralax pull the water from your body into your intestines. I have to drink fluids all day and use rehydration electrolyte powder a couple times a day. All said at any age I wouldn’t use Mg or Miralax or Linzess without adding a sports drink. Of course you need to be under the care of a Dr. But!, check with your Gastroenterologist and make sure your kidneys and live functions are good. Severe Low sodium or low or high potassium can put you in the hospital. I also have my electrolytes monitored bus lab work more than the average person. A lot off people say they have constipation but they just need to drink more water, be more active and eat better. People like me who do all that and still poop like a rabbit or have been or almost been obstructed know what I mean. I’m almost 64 but you are 70 so you have to be really careful with Magnesium. If you take prescription meds you have to time them to where the Mag is taken 4 hours before it or 4 hours later. It will inhibit their absorption. That is critical! All this is so much work but it works. Sometimes I just feel I’d be better off getting my colon removed but then I’d have more absorption problems and thus nutritional deficits. I find pretty much all GI Drs want to put people like me in a box . We can have constipation for many reasons, mine are scar tissue on colon, hypothyroidism and IBS-C. The IBS-C is the label a Dr gives everyone and they treat the symptoms, not the root cause.