Fluoxetine

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Partner has been prescribed fluoxetine. Hes had it before but not while we've been together.
Hes been on it about a week, just over.
He's become very tired and feels like it's hard to be interested in anything and a tad grumpy.
He said it takes about a month until he feels normal again and then he will be more like himself.
Is this typical?
Is there anything I can do to make this time easier for him?
He said something thoughtless yesterday and I was upset (I didn't react badly I just tried to discuss it) but after sleeping on it I think I need to be more considerate of the fact he's dealing with feeling crap.
Is there anything I can do to help him? And has this medication worked well for others?
This is new to me

It does take a while to kick in but being a cunt is not a side effect so don’t let him use that as an excuse.

no he's not like that, it was more he said something I took the wrong way and it wasn't even important.
I was just over sensitive on the moment. It's more that I don't want to make things harder for him while this is going on.
He's a good man and usually very bubbly so this transition has been difficult to see and I want to do what I can even if that's not very much at all to just not make it worse.

Fairly normal, takes a while to settle down.

It will settle down ,I started it in April and felt awful for about 4-6 weeks major appetite loss , not sleeping great and felt so nauseous all the time☹️.

But persevered and now feel absolutely fine , I took it for my anxiety and with that and my prescribed HRT seems to keep my anxiety at a manageable level ,even feel a wee bit of my confidence returning back first for a long time.

Hang in and persevere it was worth it.

Couldn't remember my fake name so just using this one!
I'm glad it's helped you
Yes it's anxiety in this case too, I hope he adjusts soon for his sake because he's more fed up than when he started!