Across 484 first-hand reports, people mentioned a side effect 94 times (about 19 per 100 reports). The most common: diarrhea, stomach issues, drowsiness. User reports show what people notice — they can't tell you whether Magnesium Citrate is safe for you.
“Magnesium citrate is the bees knees for me. I know everyone man and his dog always talks about it but it does seriously help with sleep onset for me personally.”
“When taking 200mg per day of Citrate, I feel like I have a better mood, more energy, less social anxiety, and lower ADHD medication tolerance (Ritalin).”
“Brain fog is gone (more talkative, thinking more clearly, I wake up and don't feel as much pressure to go back to sleep as before)”
“Citrate has worked best for me at least when it comes to insomnia.”
“I have tried Magnesium Citrate, which didn't seem to make any difference for my mood, and not even for my sleep either.”
“I feel emotionally blunted when I take magnesium during the day, but it's great at night.”
Conclusion: This systematic review provides Grade C (possibly effective) evidence for prevention of migraine with magnesium. Prophylactic treatment of migraine by means of high levels of magnesium dicitrate (600 mg) seems to be a safe and cost efficient strategy in clinical use.
Conclusion: SPMC, with better tolerability and less frequent adverse events, demonstrated non-inferior bowel cleaning efficacy than that of the PEG. Large-scale, well-organized, head-to-head studies are warranted.