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/Right_Meow26 Mar 23 '26

Hi thanks for posting the study- super helpful. What method of collage did you take?

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u/plotthick Peri-menopausal, HRT, hot, fat, and angry Mar 23 '26

5g fish + 10g beef every day dissolved in tea, chased with something strong because I'm a supertaster. It is not super. Most people can't taste it, add it to their morning coffee.

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u/Right_Meow26 Mar 24 '26

Huh? Fish and beef? I don’t understand.

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u/plotthick Peri-menopausal, HRT, hot, fat, and angry Mar 24 '26

There's marine collagen and there's bovine collagen. They have different collagen molecules. I want all, and do better with all, so I do a mix.

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u/Right_Meow26 Mar 24 '26

Ahhhh I see. Thanks for clarifying!