Finally!

I got the proper medication. It took twelve fucking days.

Since I am starting out on the MAOI pill, dietary restrictions immediately go into place. Foods containing tyramine are strictly out.of.bounds.

These include, in particular:

• Meats and Fish
  • Liver of all kinds
  • pate
  • Pickled herring and other pickled fish
  • Game (venison, etc.)
  • Caviar
  • Snails (escargot)
  • Salted fish (lox)
  • Pastrami
  • Corned beef
  • Sausages (salami, etc)
  • Boveril
  
  
  
• Fruits and Vegetables
  • Pods of broad beans
  • English beans
  • Chinese pea pods
  • Miso and miso soup
  • Fava beans
  • Overripe fruit (especially bananas and Avocados)
  • Raisins and other dried fruits
  • Pickles of any type
  • Sauerkraut
  • Canned Figs
  
  
  
• Dairy Products
  • All cheeses (Except for cream, cottage, farmer and ricotta)
  • Frozen yogurt (Fresh yogurt is OK up to the expiration date on the container)
  • Sour cream
  
  
  
• Beverages
  • Red wine
  • Beer and ale (including alcohol-free)
  • Champagne
  • Sherry
  • Brandy
  • Liqueurs and fruit brandies
  • Cognac
  • (Truly moderate amounts of white wine, gin or vodka are OK)
  • Over four servings of caffeine-containing drinks such as coffee, cola drinks, etc.
  
  
  
• Miscellaneous
  • Soy sauce
  • Brewers yeast (Bread, cake, cookies etc. are OK as they do not contain brewers yeast)
  • Marmite
  • Licorice
  • Over one ounce of chocolate

Major side effect hooray: As tranylcypromine has a strong tendency to cause weight loss, it is not generally recommended for patients with a low BMI in an outpatient setting.