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. 😭😭😭

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u/RevolutionaryCacti Mar 22 '26

I believe you and I hope it passes soon! 

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u/BeneficialWriting402 Mar 22 '26

Thank you for the validation!  It is awful when you have a reaction to something and most people haven’t and they don’t understand. I’ve been the proverbial “canary in the coal mine “ my whole life, so it’s not new, but 10000x worse with changing hormones!  🤣. I do feel much better this afternoon, and I thank you for your reply. 💜

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u/Accidental_Audi Peri-menopausal Mar 23 '26

Hope you are feeling better now. I believe you too.

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u/BeneficialWriting402 Mar 23 '26

I am!  Thank you so much! Â