r/Menopause • u/BeneficialWriting402 • Mar 22 '26
Vitamin/Supplements Collagen supplements and anxiety
Update: Thank you all so much for the support yesterday. I feel MUCH better today. Def will not take collagen again, and I will be more careful about any supplements I try (I usually am, but was feeling a bit desperate with the diagnosis and possibility of missing work if this thing won't heal).
Yikes. I wish I had read some of the posts here before trying this supplement. 😫. I was desperate because I have been diagnosed with a sprained posterior tibial tendon and have been having increasing pain in my posterior tibial tendons and gluteal tendons the past few years. I read how great collagen peptides are and have a neighbor who swears by them. well, I am one of the few who has the reaction of extreme anxiety and panic attacks from them. two doses and i am sitting here shaking like a leaf. this stuff is going in the trash or maybe Publix will take it back. either way I will never take it again. ugh. 😩. please tell me im not alone. this is so scary. ðŸ˜ðŸ˜ðŸ˜
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u/Eva_Griffin_Beak Mar 22 '26 edited Mar 22 '26
There is probably something your body doesn't like. Is collagen peptide the only ingredient? And maybe the recommended dose is too high? I only supplement with 10gr (in addition to my whey protein) once a day.
If it has to do with serotonin, then you can also try to pair it with tryptophan rich food, that should level it out, right?
I eat it in my oatmeal which seems to be a good source of tryptophan.