I am so thankful for this place and the people who share their experiances so that others can have a clue what to expect !
And of course the chance to rant is ALWAYS a good thing 
One of the things I was taught by my religious leaders was to never believe what I was told, simply because someone told it to me. That included them. LOL I was told to always think things through, and test them out first, then when they worked, THEN I should believe them.
If they didn't work, well, further inquires and investigation were necessary, until I had the thing figured. (This of course, meant a good deal of not believing what they said, which they handled with great amount of amusement )
Aparently, not every thing works for every person.
So while people might give amazingly stupendous and well meant advice, that advice might not work for you, it might still be useful, since you now have more knowledge. But in the end deciding what's best for you, is left to you.
YMMV
