"i was put on this by my gp for depression. i started at 10mg tablets but didn&#039;t really do much so doctor agreed i could up it to 20mg but still i couldn&#039;t see it helping in anyway. i started having panic attacks and feeling worse than before taking them although i am not self harming like i used to. i took the decision to up it myself last thursday to 40mg but it&#039;s still not helping. i&#039;m also on the contraceptive pill (due to having pcos) and my periods have got heavy and painful aswell as very frequent (bleeding for 7 days then off 5 repeated) i feel like i&#039;m losing control of my own body and don&#039;t feel the citalopram helps me. 

the side effects of the citalopram when i first started wasn&#039;t as bad as i was expecting though."