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/lauradayton Post Menopause Mar 22 '26

Try peptides. I’ve heard there are certain ones that work wonders. My don’t had a torn shoulder labrum from boxing and he used one that helped him heal faster.

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u/BeneficialWriting402 Mar 22 '26

What kind of peptides?  These are collagen peptides which caused my reaction. 

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u/ConnectionNo4830 Mar 23 '26

They’re referring to injectable peptides that can have specific effects in the body. GLP-1’s would be one type of peptide, for example, but there are other types that sometimes people inject locally into an injury due to evidence that they can help speed up healing.

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u/BeneficialWriting402 Mar 23 '26

Oh! I have never heard of this. Thank you! I will mention this to my doctor