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Actually I knew there was a chance that the regular oatmeal could be contaminated, but as I am not celiac (or I don't think I am)----am gluten intolerant or sensitive, I just thought maybe I could get away with it. WRONG. Now I know. I do have the steel cut oats from Bob's Red Mill, but they take so long to cook and are not smooth like Quaker.

WOW...is this ever interesting. I would not call what I get panic attacks, however, I get what we are now calling "episodes", as I get lightheaded, sick to my stomach, dizzy and cannot stand up, I have to go to bed and sleep it off, it is kind of like a stupor. When I wake up, then I am fine or on my way to it, need a little time to recover. My friend and I have thought, after looking back over the years, these were caused by gluten and once I went gluten-free, they disappeared, like for FIVE years now. Recently, I ate regular oatmeal twice and had two "episodes" and all I can think of is that it must have been the oatmeal as I eat totally gluten-free otherwise. I don't even have celiac disease, or I don't think so, I am gluten intolerant/sensitive. I was tested through Dr. Fine at his operation down there in Texas and they said I have the gene. I passed it along to my granddaughter, who is almost 11 and was diagnosed when she was one. She has it bad. She gets violently sick if she gets gluten. Normally I don't, if I have just a touch of it. Thanks to the person that started this thread, it has been very interesting.

Barbara