Doody,

I think that the concern is not about sharing personal experiences, but rather the concern is about giving advice that has no personal experience or information to back it up.

I think the concern is not about posts that say "Oh, I had problem A once and I tried drug Z and it worked very well"....

I think the concern is about posts that say "you have problem A, so you need to take drug Z".... (no personal experience offered, no information offered, and it's worded to sound like an instruction instead of sounding like advice or a suggestion).

That's my understanding about what the concern is.... posts that sound like instructions instead of sounding like advice, suggestions, personal experience, information, etc...

Of course, I could be totally missing the point and misunderstanding the intentions and concerns... I'm a blonde, so I've missed the point and misunderstood things int he past