depression
"I was put on this by my gp for depression. I started at 10mg tablets but didn't really do much so doctor agreed I could up it to 20mg but still I couldn'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's still not helping. I'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'm losing control of my own body and don't feel the citalopram helps me. 

The side effects of the citalopram when I first started wasn't as bad as I was expecting though."