Experience does make a difference, but you shouldn't need it to know that telling people to quit taking their meds is bad, or to know better than many of the false beliefs and statements being circulated here. It does help to spot those with absolutely none (pretty much everyone here who has insisted they know better and have it figured out for those with a mental illness). Truly, I have a hard time comprehending where people get off on thinking they, who have no formal training, no schooling, and no clinical experience, have it all figured out when it comes to mental illness. That is a dangerous way of thinking, and if it were up to me it would be criminal as they aren't a doctor, they aren't a therapist, they aren't even a case worker and yet there they are spewing out "advice" and "suggestions" that can be very dire, devastating, and destructive for other people.