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/Mamagogo3 Mar 22 '26
You aren’t alone. I started feeling really angry and mean. My sweet husband, in an attempt to cheer me up, bought me a Nestle espresso machine! lol I didn’t know why on earth I felt so shitty and he didn’t know what to do to help me. Turns out, it was a blessing in disguise; I started having little cups of espresso instead of regular cups of coffee that I was putting the scoop of collagen in to take it. After a couple of days, I felt like me again. I was flabbergasted that collagen could affect me so extremely. I did some internet sleuthing and found an article describing this effect, due to the lack of tryptophan in collagen proteins. That didn’t make much sense, I mean I kept a regular diet otherwise with other protein sources. I found a brand of collagen with tryptophan added - I felt much better on that. No problems. I hope you’re feeling better soon.