alt Hacker NewsPlease don't do this kind of thing. It is incredibly rude. For me it's migraines - anytime I mention them I am absolutely flooded by people saying "oh, have you tried X? have you tried Y? All you need is celery juice!" I've been having migraines for 30 years. Believe me, I know more about them than you do.
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Seconding this (also migraines, also someone who works in the healthcare advertising space).
No, I did not try "this one weird trick that doctors hate" and I'm not going to. I'm going to do my own research, I'm going to speak with medical professionals and specialists who understand the MOA of the treatments they're discussing (and what "MOA" even means) because I'm an adult, thanks.
To anyone saying it's not rude: It is when it's just "have you tried X?" because, who the fuck are you? Are you a doctor specializing in my disease? Are you also a sufferer of my disease? Are you a caregiver for someone with my disease? No? Then go away "dude who read something one time".
You want to wander in with unsolicited medical advice, you need to show me that you're not just the same losers I've dealt with my whole life saying "oh man, I have a migraine" when they mean an extremely bad stress headache. I assume everyone with chronic illness has had the same well-meaning gibberish.
It's great that you want to connect with me, but weird that you want to do it about my disease. It might even be a good discussion. But it never is if the lead is "have you thought of this?"
Not everyone does research like you. And it is definitely not rude to ask have you heard about x and your thoughts about it, especially if you tried something and it didn't work it could spark a good discussion.