What is ME/CFS and how is it different from burnout or depression?
This answer page explains the distinction directly and then leads into the broader illness framework.
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Four topic areas – illness context, exertion logic, pacing, and lab values – with direct answers to the questions most people ask first.
This answer page explains the distinction directly and then leads into the broader illness framework.
Read the comparisonThis page answers directly why PEM often becomes obvious only hours or days after exertion.
Understand the delayThe entry point leads straight into practical first steps for routines, buffer time, and limits.
See the first stepsThis guide interprets the main markers directly and shows when symptom course matters more than any single value.
Interpret the lab valuesStart with the direct distinction between PEM and ordinary post-activity exhaustion.
Interpret PEMThis page translates exertion logic into planning, buffer time, and routines you can actually use.
Start pacing practicallyRead the main markers in context before over-interpreting single values.
Read labs in context