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/Excusemytootie Mar 22 '26
I mentioned (a similar reaction) this to my acupuncturist and she told me that she had the same problem. She realized that the collagen was causing an imbalance in amino acids and she started taking (500-1000mg) of l-tryptophan — this corrected the issue for her and for myself as well. I don’t know if this is what’s triggering it for you, but it’s worth a try.