Elimination Diet, Food Sensitivities, & Eating Disorders

Sorry for the long post!

Last year I was diagnosed with food sensitivity headaches after no cause for my headaches was found and every food sensitivity I was tested for came back positive (see below). It was recommended that I go on an elimination diet to see if I felt better. It seems like I have always suffered from chronic nausea, fatigue, depression, and feeling generally unwell. At the time I didn't think that the headaches were that severe and I had to enter a treatment center, so the elimination diet was not something that I could have implemented. I have gone off of gluten several times, and while I have felt better, it certainly hasn't been miraculous. Which makes me think that gluten probably is a sensitivity of mine as well as other components of my diet.

This past July I got a migraine which resulted in a 14 week cycle of chronic migraines/headaches, which was only relived after 10 days in the hospital. Once again it has been suggested that I try an elimination diet. I was told the biggest triggers for migraines are aspartame, nitrates/nitrites, sulfates/sulfites, tyramine (I'm also on a MAOI), and MSG, so obviously my doctors want me to nix those for the elimination diet and it only makes sense to also nix the foods I tested positive for on the food sensitivity screen. It was suggested that I eliminate everything except fruit (no citrus or tomatoes), veggies (no raw onion), organic chicken, fish, wild game, lamb, turkey, and rice for 2-3 weeks, and then start reintroducing foods 1 at a time with 3 days in between new foods.

A big part of the elimination diet is recording everything you eat and how you feel. I started nearly two weeks ago, and almost immediately my eating disorder, which hadn't been an issue in years, suddenly became a problem and I lost 12 pounds in the first 6 days (eating 1-2 bananas a day, 1/4c cashews or 1 Tbs cashew butter, 6 oz of either tuna steak or swordfish steak, and 1/2-1c of brown rice per day ~700 calories). I know I need the information that would be gleaned from the elimination diet, but I am seriously struggling to force myself to eat, during week 2 I ate even less; however the weight loss was less dramatic.

The problem I'm really struggling with is it has been nearly 2 weeks, and my symptoms haven't improved much, so it would be useless to begin reintroduction because I would not know if symptoms were due to the reintroduced food or not. I'm assuming you have to continue with the elimination phase of the plan until symptoms are gone or at least dramatically lessened. I fear reaching out to my doctor (who has been really helpful with the elimination diet, but is unaware of my eating disorder history) because my weight loss has been so dramatic it is likely to raise some red flags. I need to make it through the next four weeks, so I can enjoy a week long cruise with my family, then I will be engage in any necessary treatment. I don't want anything to happen between now and then that would prevent me from joining my family on the cruise.

Am I crazy to keep going with the elimination diet? Should I begin the reintroduction at week 3 regardless of symptoms and then avoid any foods that may be attributed to symptoms for a few months and try reintroducing again? Should I just cut out the foods I tested positive for and the 5 migraine food groups, so that I have a wider variety (not sure that would help, as the problem is getting any food in my mouth, knowing I'll have to track it)? Any advice will be greatly appreciated.

I was told anything above 2.0 indicated a sensitivity
Component Your Value
Oat IgG 10.2
CASEIN/COW MILK IGG 11.2
EGG YOLK (F75) IGG 2.8
EGG WHITE GF1, IGG 4.9
WHEAT GF4, IGG 6.5
GLUTEN IGG 2.7