Mike, I definitely did miss that rule. Since reading that I went back to both the DIHALS and General forums and back through each of those stickies and I can't find that rule. Could you point me to that resource so that I can read through it.
Your reasoning is completely understandable. I would not want people who have the disease to have to filter through piles of questions from people that do not.
So is this site intended for people to learn about the disease? I get the DIHALS for people who think they might have it to be reassured that they likely do not. But as I read your post and I guess the more that I've interacted here, there are very few people who respond.. Mainly you, Laurie, Tillie, and Nikki and assuming you're also all moderators. So is this site just intended for helping those who have the disease?