How long can you last without sleep?

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  1. xso0intou

    xso0intou Level I

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    I can only last for maybe a day and a half. I honestly don't see how some people stay up for days on end (not counting people that are insomniac). But if i stay up any longer than a day, my body feels all numb, I get easily irritated, my reactions slows, and I make the most simplest but stupid little mistakes. So how long can you guys last?
     
  2. Heather

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    Less than 24 hours lol. If my body gets too tired I start getting headaches and a real upset stomach.. it's no bueno.
     
  3. Coldness

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    my record is 76 hours xD. And then i slept for like 12 hours straight. Lol
     
  4. Ak*

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    I had one good long weekend about 3 days of no sleep but passed out for a whole 24 hours after that.
     
  5. xso0intou

    xso0intou Level I

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    LOL. Oh my, how'd you guys do that? 76 hours... 3 days o_O if that was me, i would probably feel like a walking zombie. Probably ready to bite anyone head's off if they got too close.

    And even if I did manage to last 3 days. 12 hours of sleep? Nope, more like 2 days. Fail.
     
  6. MCheezie

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    i can usually go 4-5 days - then I crash for like 10 hours and am lazy the next day
     
  7. Anfan

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    My record's only about 2 days (slightly longer), but that was with international travel. I think in total I ended up getting about 2 hours of sleep out of 70 some.
     
  8. xso0intou

    xso0intou Level I

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    Well that's amazing. In any case, if I did any of that and fell asleep, waking me up wouldn't be a very good idea. Or I probably would be dead asleep.
     
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    Well I can wake up a 10 A.M. and will be able to stay up to 7 A.M. the next day. To lazy to see how long. XD
     
  10. fultoa

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    Like 20 hours maybe :p
     
  11. noodlesan

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    I think my record is a day and a half.
     
  12. Charlie

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    ... maybe 36 hours or so... i've managed about 3 days before with sporadic 1 hour naps maybe like twice.
     
  13. Detox

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    My record was 48hs:

    I woke up to work on a thursday morning (6 am), then went to university and a party on the night.. On friday again work, again university and again party XD.. slept on saturday 6 am

    woke up Like at 8pm and then went out again
     
  14. icrimson

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    2 days on the black friday weekend. I would become irritated easily and I just can't stand talking to others if im angry. so eventually i have to sleep. lol.
     
  15. zetoast

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    I was going through a phase of insomnia and I was rearing on my 3rd day and my mother forced sleeping pills on me, mainly because she was horrified with thoughts of hallucinations. But on a normal sleep schedule back in those days I'd normally stay up ~1.5 - 2 days. Now when I -try- to stay up I can barely make it past 24 hrs.
     
  16. antpi1e

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    4 days then I hallucinate...lol
     
  17. Butterfly

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    My record would have to be about a week.. I think a week and half.. I couldn't sleep for the life of me, and it bugged me, I got paranoid I couldn't sleep and then also contributed to the not sleeping. Was not fun at all xD.
     
  18. Commy

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    Butterfly, you didn't have any sleep at all in that week and a half?

    How did you manage to function? The record is 11 days or something, so surely your week and a half is close to breaking it.
     
  19. muro

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    One summer night I downed 2 potfuls of coffee, didn't sleep for 3 days. It was one of the stupidest things I've done.. I thought I was gonna die. Then again I'm a bit caffeine sensitive and get headache and heartburn from just a cupful.
     
  20. Lucid

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    The longest I've ever gone was about a day and a half with no sleep, then I just didn't feel like forcing myself to stay up so I passed out. I love my sleep.