Potential toxin #1: Tyramine

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tyramine

My specialist mentioned that one of the few medications left untried was something tied into adrenaline, but that would require dietary modification because I would run the risk of ending up with either too much adrenaline in my system, or too much adrenaline precursor. From reading the Wikipedia entry on tyramine I wonder if it's related. I'm pretty sure he also mentioned MAOI inhibitors.

In humans, if monoamine metabolism is compromised by the use of monoamine oxidase inhibitors (MAOIs) and foods high in tyramine are ingested, a hypertensive crisis can result as tyramine can cause the release of stored monoamines, such as dopamine, norepinephrine, epinephrine.

The entry goes on to say there are no conclusive links between tyramine and migraines, but, well, conclusive isn't helping much is it? So this is a possible avenue of deprivation to explore:

Foods containing considerable amounts of tyramine include meats that are potentially spoiled or pickled, aged, smoked, fermented, or marinated (some fish, poultry, and beef), most pork (except cured ham), chocolate, alcoholic beverages, and fermented foods such as most cheeses (except ricotta, cottage cheese, cream cheese), sour cream, yogurt, shrimp paste, soy sauce, soy bean condiments, teriyaki sauce, tofu, tempeh, miso soup, sauerkraut, broad (fava) beans, green bean pods, Italian flat (Romano) beans, Chinese (Snow) pea pods, avocados, bananas, eggplants, figs, red plums, raspberries, peanuts, Brazil nuts, coconuts, processed meat, yeast, and an array of Cacti.

I just have to find out what would be left over, especially when it comes to proteins--poultry, beef, some fish, and most pork? What's left? As is, it doesn't look sustainable for too long. If the reduced diet is stressful, after all, the whole effort will be counterproductive.