> I would probably eat the apricots and tell them it was fantastic, even if it had no effect.

You might for the first. Maybe the second. Probably not for the fifth. Certainly not the tenth. You may be tempted to hit the fiftieth.

If everyone around you feels the need to help, and provides the same insights, because they're not experts, then they're providing you the same repeated insights that you encountered at the beginning of your journey. A journey you may already be decades into, and having the same information shoved down your throat, day after day after day.

There is a reason that "Have you tried yoga?" is a meme in the chronic illness groups. Yes, it may provide some limited help, like most exercise. But 3652 days of hearing about it, later? Your patience might not have lasted.