The longest you've ever gone without sleeping?

[mooK]

I've been awake for about 27 hours and I'm completely wasted. Closing my eyes feels so good, I'd rather go to sleep than have sex or do anything...

Okay, maybe not quite yet. But I'll be there soon.

So how long have u gone for?

[LandyMan]

My record is about 46 or something like that

[Moederloos]

I was up for over 48 hours once - it was a "marathon" type thing. I was completed whacked afterwards and slept for almost 20 hours.

Not a good idea.

[Scooby_Doo]

Round 30 hours, New Years once... so nice to get to bed...

[mooK]

The problem is it sometimes takes more than one night's rest to make up for it, it can take a couple days to get back to normal.

So tell us why you were up for 48 hours, was it like that cop movie?

[moklet]

Must have been about three days when traveling in australia

Day 1 awake normal time in the morning. In the night board a bus to the next destination couldn't sleep.
Day 2 Arive in the morning at new destination. Didn't go to sleep then, but explored town. Then get a job offer fold newspapers in the night. Worked through the night
Day 3 Finished the job in the morning, again didn't go to sleep but went on a hike and did even some climbing
Night 3 slept like a baby

[3gmac]

Mine was also about 45 or so, coupled with a reaction to malaria tablets it was good times allround.

[Moederloos]

The problem is it sometimes takes more than one night's rest to make up for it, it can take a couple days to get back to normal.

So tell us why you were up for 48 hours, was it like that cop movie?

Back in the dark ages, before the Internet blossomed, I was a normal kid. This was around 1989 and I was involved in a youth group and we had an event in CT. Anyways, me and some friends organised the thing along with the city councillor in charge, and we stayed awake for the whole weekend looking after things.

(you did ask...)

[mooK]

Wow, so you were up for almost 48 hours and then you had to fold newspapers all night, that's fcked up man.

[BandwidthAddict]

I am now on 30 hours and counting. I used to regularly do 72 hours but age has deprived me of that happiness.

Peace.

[telkomsuig]

40 odd hours for a rave festival close to Amsterdam a few years ago :) . I've grown up since then....

[noswal]

And then the thread, who can sleep the longest..

[Beta]

72 ?
whoa,whats your story

[Moederloos]

And then the thread, who can sleep the longest..

ivy, ivy, ivy!!! (sing along to the tune of "jerry! jerry!")

[moklet]

Wow, so you were up for almost 48 hours and then you had to fold newspapers all night, that's fcked up man.

Needed the bucks, was young and full of energy

[Toxin]

Mine is about 40 hours. Was part of a marathon thing we did at school over a weekend.

On a side note having little sleep over a period can stuff you pretty badly as well. On one occasion I only had about 6 hours sleep over 4 days. Not a good idea. :eek:

[Telkomisaloser]

About 38 hours

I couldn't sleep

[telkomsuig]

About 38 hours

I couldn't sleep
:) had a long myadsl session ?

[JStrike]

About 3 day drinking binge

[Telkomisaloser]

:) had a long myadsl session ?
lol gaming in my room :)

[Myrrdin]

Me also about 72+ hours.

Before you ask. Bank I worked for had 3 computer centres. One in CT and one in Durban and one in Jhb. Had to bring them together into one centre. Shut everything down from Jhb, flew to CT backed up everything and made sure backups correct, old reel tapes, set up centre in CT as a switching centre. Flew to Durban repeat. Fly to Jhb, restore all. Bring up mainframe and make sure all works.

PS. I collapsed in the shop on the way home at which I stopped to buy a coke for home. Got an ambulance ride to the hospital and then one home. Got home and crashed for two days.

[krycor]

about 30hrs ? had 2 exams after each other a while back
day 1 normal day write exam in morning study for next exam.
day 1 midnight.. falling asleep took some caffiene thingy.
day 2 morning.. caffiene wearing off, took a bit more.
day 2 after exam tired, try and rest - can't keep thinking.. dang caffiene
day 2 night caffiene wearing off, I can finally close eyes and not think alot of things :P tired..
day 2 night nxt door neighbour is also having a party ! :(
day 3 earlier morning.. out fast asleep.
day 3 evening.. wake up see the sun set and mistake it for sun rise.. get angry i woke up so early. still tired eat etc wait the few hrs for supper etc get another 8hrs sleep.

[SWAT GP]

it has to be just over 2 days & it was a killa weekend........new year 2005/2006...........i got pissed like a mutha & when i finally laid my bones to rest i was mummified if you know what i mean. :p

[bwana]

Friday morning until Sunday night and it was all go - it was part of a hazing ritual for a College frat. I spent Sunday morning hallucinating from sleep depravation.

[EchoZA]

Confirmed insomniac... so I don't count :D

[kingmonty]

49 hours, 21 minutes stay-awake marathon a while ago, doubt I'll be able to pull it off again.

[mooK]

Well, I fcked up this one, fell asleep on couch for almost 2 hours. Hmmm... Pink Floyd - Comfortably Numb.

[dominic]

52 hours - a long time ago (feels like another lifetime) someone gave me a rage capsule, a box of speed cigarettes and a bottle of Jack (do not try this at home)

spent the last two of those hours staring at the ugliest bit of ceiling i have ever come across

[Debbie]

Longer than what anyone has mentioned here.

Did a 25 hr stint until 11am this morning.

[mooK]

Debbie, are u nocturnal?

[Kimosabe]

Me would have to be 48 hours... ate some..."thing" and could not get back to sleep,

[Telkomisaloser]

Debbie, are u nocturnal?
I think myadsl has turned her into a nocturnal person

[dualmeister]

Hell no. I love my sleep. Longest was probably about 24 hours a long time ago :D

[Debbie]

Debbie, are u nocturnal?

Kinda. They don't call me gerbal for nothing. Not as much as I used to be though. When I was in undergrad I practically lived at a friend's house, and we never went to bed before at least 4am. Uni used to start at 8am, but luckily it was just around the corner.

When I was at school my usual bedtime was 3am.

[Telkomisaloser]

sheesh Debbie u lucky, me parents kick me off if i'm on longer than 11:00

[mooK]

Debbie > Jack Bauer

[Highflyer_GP]

37 last year during final exams

[nocilah]

most i have gone is about 46-48 hours. Was it worth it? Not sure.

[nocilah]

Me also about 72+ hours.

Before you ask. Bank I worked for had 3 computer centres. One in CT and one in Durban and one in Jhb. Had to bring them together into one centre. Shut everything down from Jhb, flew to CT backed up everything and made sure backups correct, old reel tapes, set up centre in CT as a switching centre. Flew to Durban repeat. Fly to Jhb, restore all. Bring up mainframe and make sure all works.

PS. I collapsed in the shop on the way home at which I stopped to buy a coke for home. Got an ambulance ride to the hospital and then one home. Got home and crashed for two days.

dude?!?
that's farking insane!!!!

[squirrel]

Although not in one go, last year just about every night I used to go to bed 12AM-2AM and wake up 6AM. No wonder I got such bad marks..

[Chris]

Jeez some people can stay awake a long time - I would fall asleep after around 16hours...my longest time is 20h (wake-up at 8am, go to bed at 4.30am).

I love my beauty sleep - I sometimes fell tired after sleeping 7h. Am I enjoying my sleep too much? :eek:

[tibby.dude]

* After missing one night of sleep, expect fatigue, reduced attention span and problems with short-term memory.
* After missing 2 to 3 nights, one will also suffer poor coordination, muscle twitches, marked loss of concentration, impaired judgment, blurred vision, nausea, and slurring of speech. Often one will experience episodes of microsleep (briefly sleeping for a few seconds at a time, without being aware of it).
* At about 4 to 5 days without sleep, expect extreme irritability, hallucinations, and delusional episodes.
* After about 6 to 8 missed nights, add slowed speech, tremors in limb extremities, memory lapse, confusion concerning one's own identity, unusual behavior, and paranoia to the list.
* After 9 to 11 nights without sleep, fragmented thinking occurs (beginning sentences without completing them), and prolonged episodes of unresponsive "conscious stupor."

Apparently, lack of sleep causes all of these adverse effects because it causes brain damage. During a normal day, the brain is slightly damaged by the body's metabolism, and by free radicals. When one is asleep, the brain engages a repair center which slowly mends the tiny injuries, restoring the brain to its full potential. During the deepest phase of sleep, called REM, it is believed that the repair center itself is repaired. But the longer that sleep is prevented, the more damage one's brain accrues, and the more sleep one will require to repair it. Too much damage, and it becomes irreparable.

Also there is a very rare disease called "Fatal Familial Insomnia" in which the sleep center of the brain is damaged and results in insomnia and all the symptoms above over a period of months and then eventually dementia and then ultimately death.

http://www.damninteresting.com/?p=133

So if we don't sleep ... we will die :).

[mooK]

I feel sorry for the guys who signed up for that lab test.

[Cara]

I'm with you Tibby.Dude!

Can't join in the staying up all night records but I slept for 13 hours once, had a really tough game of squash and that night I put in a few good zzz's

[Debbie]

Sobering post there tibby.dude. I was def feeling some of these effects today, hence my extreme anger and swearing in ever post.

[AntiThesis]

I'm a mild insomniac so I tend to sleep an average of 2-4 hours a night. Up till 3:30/4:30 and awake at 6:30. That goes on indefinately.

Most fun I had was staying up for 4 days straight. Had a huge project due and got my hands on a playstation with FF7 :D I remember on the 4th day moving through my house in a total dwaal. I sat and stared at a doorknob for about 10 minutes trying to figure out what to do with it...

Slept a solid 19 or so hours after that. I'd go without sleep if I could.

[nocilah]

Sobering post there tibby.dude. I was def feeling some of these effects today, hence my extreme anger and swearing in ever post.

but you are always like that Debs :D

[BandwidthAddict]

AntiThesis - I agree with you. One day the technology will exist when sleep will become optional. Then I shall only sleep when I want to enjoy my personal holodeck experience.

BTW, been up for around 37 hours now. Feeling ok, just a bit tired. Did you know, that the feeling of tiredness is psychosomatic? Technically, that could be turned off. However, Tibby is right that without sleep, the body functions degrade and eventually death will result.

Peace.

[4cer]

You really wanna feel carp... this term, me and my buddies had a lan on a sunday, which we just continued til monday... went to school with out sleep. Now you have teachers shouting, trying to explain stuff, yet your brain can't function except to think -must kill counter-terrorists-

Never again :)

[Debbie]

You really wanna feel carp... this term, me and my buddies had a lan on a sunday, which we just continued til monday... went to school with out sleep. Now you have teachers shouting, trying to explain stuff, yet your brain can't function except to think -must kill counter-terrorists-

Never again :)

Lol! Yeah I have had a similar experience!

[Tux]

longest for me was from monday morning 5am till saturday 1pm. Was in the army. had to get everything ready cause of some fscking general coming for an inspection. even had to spitshine the dirt. But i cheated, had a medic buddy that gave me benzedrine :D
Felt like schit for about 2 weeks afterwards. Like flat coke

[Debbie]

"Benzedrine was used to enlarge nasal and bronchial passages and it is closely related to other stimulants produced later, such as Dexedrine (d-amphetamine) and methamphetamine." http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benzedrine

You do know they were giving you something of the army's version of tik, right? And to scare some other's out there, it's similar to what they give you for flu.

I wonder if you are allowed to refuse such substances in the army...?? I had a lecturer who did his stint in the Isreali army, and the stories that came out of him....

BTW, rofl @ sig (and thanks to google).

[bdt]

I was once up for a weekend: got up on the Friday morning, went to bed on the Monday night. I haven't been able to get close to that since, and given the circs of how I ended up there, I don't mind not being able to!

BTW, as a followup to Debbie's input on military 'tik', meet modafinil (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Modafinil), more info here. (http://www.modafinil.com/article/soldiers.html)

[LandyMan]

My wife can stay up for long periods of time as well.She actually reckoned me last night that she figured out why she goes to bed so late: She thinks sleeping is a waste of time :D

[Tux]

benzedrine's also addictive as hell. Fscking medic only told me that afterwoards. Guess that was part of the reason i felt so crap

[Debbie]

Gru, could you perhaps tell me if you know if such things can be refused in the army?

[Tux]

Ermm, It wasnt exactly legal the benzedrine bit :D
But the vitB shots., You were volunteered to take it. They stabbed you with a needle that you could crawl through almost. You had a choice there. Take it in the ass or in the arm. No other choice. Dont know what it's like now, been out of that particular institution for a few years now

[werner]

uk reality tv:-)
http://www.channel4.com/entertainment/tv/microsites/S/shattered/news/reports/sat_winner.html
pt a bunch of people in a room, tell them whomever stays awake the longest wins.
after 7 days, the last 3 or 4 contestants (I cant rememeber exactly) were put in a pitch black room and told to lie down, so an indefinite amount of time. The one who fell asleep last would win.

reducing the number of contestants during the first few days was done via competitions to do with memory and reflexes...I plainly remeber after about 6 days this man and lady facing off....each were told to count to 60 in their head, and whomever gets closest to the correct 60 seconds gets to stay in the house. I think they were 0.6 off the correct time. After 6 days awake.

to see what the brain does to lesser minded individuals after sleep deprivation, just read the highlights
http://www.channel4.com/entertainment/tv/microsites/S/shattered/news/reports/fri_highlights.html

[Debbie]

Ermm, It wasnt exactly legal the benzedrine bit :D
But the vitB shots., You were volunteered to take it. They stabbed you with a needle that you could crawl through almost. You had a choice there. Take it in the ass or in the arm. No other choice. Dont know what it's like now, been out of that particular institution for a few years now

A few years ago I went out with a guy who had served during the 'border wars' time period, and he used to be in charge of the drugging/vitamin-ing/whatever you want to call it. Again, interesting stories.

I find it the subject of drugs in the army all very fascinating, not just the pharmacological side of it but the sociological side of it - the confluence of pharmacology, neurology, "repressive state apparatus" (army), public morals and individual personal morals, and how all these aspects come together. This interest is deepened by what international and national law says on the subject.

And to add to this, it's even more interesting when considering the somewhat recent accusations in the USA that blame a widely prescribed anti-post traumatic stress disorder drug for a spate of 'family killings' on military bases (where a dude who has taken this anti-PSTS drug goes and kills his wife or kids or all of them).

(Just as a side-note, and to go even more off-topic here, I am not one to easily dismiss such claims that lay the blame of erratic/murderous/violent behaviour squarely on a prescription drug. A few years ago I spent several months on a mild Prozac prescription (20mg fluoxetine/day). I did a bit of research on it and found out that the makers of the drug have been taken to court numerous times for the alleged horrific side-effects of Prozac. Unfortunately, I think the US courts have never been able to find enough evidence to support claims that Prozac causes things like suicide ideation, that it makes certain users more prone to suicide, that it 'unlocks' violence tendencies in previously non-agressive people, that it causes wildly unstable emotions if a user is 'set off' by an incident that causes them anger, etc etc. I can tell you now that these side-effects are very very REAL, and very the reason I independently decided to stop taking Prozac. I've been Prozac-free for 3 years, 1 month, 2 weeks and 6 days now, and would never go back on it again).

Sorry, so off-topic here. Just the subject is a minefield of interest to me.

[Debbie]

uk reality tv:-)
http://www.channel4.com/entertainment/tv/microsites/S/shattered/news/reports/sat_winner.html
pt a bunch of people in a room, tell them whomever stays awake the longest wins.
after 7 days, the last 3 or 4 contestants (I cant rememeber exactly) were put in a pitch black room and told to lie down, so an indefinite amount of time. The one who fell asleep last would win.

reducing the number of contestants during the first few days was done via competitions to do with memory and reflexes...I plainly remeber after about 6 days this man and lady facing off....each were told to count to 60 in their head, and whomever gets closest to the correct 60 seconds gets to stay in the house. I think they were 0.6 off the correct time. After 6 days awake.

to see what the brain does to lesser minded individuals after sleep deprivation, just read the highlights
http://www.channel4.com/entertainment/tv/microsites/S/shattered/news/reports/fri_highlights.html

Wow, thanks for sharing these links werner. I love any kind of 'things' that represent an exploration of the human mind, what it is, how it works, what personality and behaviour is, how it is formed, what role genetics vs environment play, consciousness, soul, and basically anything that provides insight into what makes a human being a human being.

[Bumzilla]

I think it was 2 1/2 days so roughly 60 hours ....man I was totally bombed out after that. I think my kidney or something didn't like what I was doing to my body so I kinda turned a pale green. Got scared ****less so slept for about a day to recoup. Never again!!!!

[R4tt3xx]

Longest was a long-weekend lan. I would say about 2-2.5 days. Diablo 2 rocked back then. We finished it twice. I'm not doing that in a hurry again.

[Safferbeauty]

I think it was 27 hours or something like thatI woke up at 6am the one Friday morning then that night for youth we had a stay awake till 7am or 8am the next morning

[MadAtter]

my longest time awake was last year. 130 students left on for an art tour to egypt and europe. i woke at 8am that morning, stayed awake the whole day, flight was at 8pm. got on flight (too excited to sleep cause i'd never been overseas) and landed in egypt at 5am. didnt manage to sleep and then we hit the pyramids at 6:30am... went through that whole day in the desert and finaly slept at about 11pm that night. thats 39 hours... ok so its not so impressive... but it felt *** okay!!!

[antowan]

3 days. Got sick the 2nd day (had to get a drip to set me straight) and fell asleep right next to a live band (right infront of the drums) on the evening of the 3rd day. :D

Will never do it again, but never slept as good as I did that 3rd night.

[LabAnimal]

moi - ... always sleeping, why stay awake... zZzZzZz... this typing is the cat running across my keyboard!

[Telkomisaloser]

This year when I went down to the Cape from the Highveld to compete in the Argus. I woke up the Thursday morning at about 06:00 (My normal time). That night at about 22:00 I drove down to Cape Town, arrived there at about 13:00 on Friday and only went to bed at 23:00 that evening. That means I have gone without sleep for 41 hours!
/me places geezers thread here

[bb_matt]

38 hours.

I'm useless at this kinda game, I really am - I need my sleep and when I'm tired, I can sleep almost anywhere.

Those 38 hours are when I left the UK to hook up with my buddy in Germany, back in '93. It was terrible.

I spent a good 15 of those hours in various coach/bus/train stations.

It all culminated, on about the 34th hour, with me running into a clear reinforced glass door in a bar in Cologne, bruising my knees and splitting my lip in the process - that was after about 10 beers - I ran into the damn thing full tilt in the excitement of over-tiredness and being in Germany with my good buddy.

I did once have insomnia for about 2 months, but that doesn't really count - for pretty much the entire time, I slept about 3 hours a night. I started losing touch with reality at one point.

I've got a buddy who suffers from extreme insomnia and also drinks too much - he's totally whack. He can go 4 days without sleep, but you don't want to meet him when he's on a binge - scary stuff. Brilliant mind, but insane after his bouts with sleepless nights and days...

[neio]

Going from SA to Sydney and staying awake the whole time. Get to Sydney and sleep for 36 hours. The Time zone thing fcucks you up.

[kiepie]

So for all the night owls out there... :)

My question is:

What is the longest time you have been awake? Without sleeping at all, no power naps, ect.

I'm going on hour 42 right now, woke up at on the 2nd of June at 8am and maybe thinking of watching a movie, before I'm off to bed. :p Not actually tired right now, as that has come and gone around around 14 hours ago. :rolleyes:

Oh, the reason is I wrote a exam yesterday and haven't found a bed since then. :D

Longest I've been awake was around 47-48 hours. Maybe I should try and beat it, but need to study again tomorrow. :p

[smokey]

56, but never again. Haven't been able to regain my sleep patterns since.

[ld13]

I went quite a bit over 24 hours, but did not get to 48 I think. Few hours before 24 some of my major brain functions starts to deteriorate. After 24 hours some of them just plains shuts down!

I just cannot function like that ... without some help from my dear friend Coffee! :cool:

[vatso]

Back when I first got Civilization I around 1992.

Don't know how long was I awake for--it'was all pretty much a haze of end-turns, old takeaways and coffee that was way too strong. Only realized that almost two weeks passed when my friend called and asked what the hell I was doing missing classes.

Good times, but never again.

[chiskop]

Back when I first got Civilization I around 1992.

LOL, damn that game. :D

[RazedInBlack]

About 48 hours. But that was when I worked a night shift. I try not to do it because it does affect your sleep patterns.

[McGuywer]

56, but never again. Haven't been able to regain my sleep patterns since.

You guys are crazy.... Well, it does fit in with your location... :D

[Sly21C]

33/34 hours without sleep, it happened twice in my life, once while I was still a student at Pretoria Technikon doing a group assignment and once working in 2007. I would do it again actually because it somehow made me more focus, but I did remember being very tired.

[Keeper]

kiepie, just know that you will die from not sleeping quicker than without water.

take a nap at least man.

[Shake&Bake]

38 hours has been my longest. Out of nightshift and then tinkering on PC's.

Sleeping patterns are still erratic because of shifts.

Just finished night shifts yesterday morning. So battled to get myself to sleep last night. But the kind folks at the KWV distillery made provisions for my dillema :)

[JK8]

I think mines is +/-30 Hours...

[gifs]

My longest time awake, was 60 hrs. That was 60hrs of non-stop gaming at a lan-party. Coffee on the hour. Wouldnt do it again though.

[Oculate]

I went 45hours straight lanning Black and White :o

[bwana]

Friday morning to Sunday night. Final weekend of my fraternity's aptly named Hell Week.

EDIT - no drugs - not even caffeine. :o

[genetic]

Mine's +/- 72hrs. An entire weekend from Friday to Monday. Drugs involved. Never again.

[Picard]

Got up a Friday at 7:00 in 1999. Went to class. At 18:00 that Friday evening went to university's NARGA computer centre. Stayed there till Sunday morning, 7:00. Went to bed at 9:00.

[noxibox]

Approximately 5 days.

[Picard]

Approximately 5 days.

What were you on?

[Kilgore_Trout_Redux]

Three days with no sleep.

That week I got about six hours sleep.

I frequently suffer from insomnia and go for two days with no sleep.

[Just_Ice]

About 40 hours. Woke up at about 8 the one morning, stayed up all day and night, and went to bed at like 2 the following morning. How you go three days without sleep is beyond me

[mercurial]

When do the hallucinations begin?

[foozball3000]

36 hours for me... Was working (coding) on an insane project. (1 programmer, 2 managers, 1 cranky client)
After 24 hours you can't dare to sit down to work out calculations. (That's what massive white boards are for).

[Sensorei]

I used to often stay awake the whole weekend from Fri morning to Sunday night way back when Cape Town's rave scene was pumping. Longest was from a Wednesday to Sunday during school holidays. Not doing that again, definitely not at 30!

[BCO]

Was just thinking this thread should be renamed to "who's taken drugs before" :p

[Schwartz]

well I woke at 8am (wed).... went throught wed,thurs and fri day mourning at 8 I passed out :P so that +-48hours

[KSINGH]

prolly about 36 hours during exams at Univ. One just needs to get past 1-2am in the morning when the sleep is pulling you to the bed:eek: and then you can go on till the next bed time.

[foozball3000]

prolly about 36 hours during exams at Univ. One just needs to get past 1-2am in the morning when the sleep is pulling you to the bed:eek: and then you can go on till the next bed time.

That's an awefull nickname to give a girl. You should be ashamed of yourself

[KSINGH]

That's an awefull nickname to give a girl. You should be ashamed of yourself

:D:p:D

[hj2k_x]

Friday morning to Sunday night. Final weekend of my fraternity's aptly named Hell Week.

EDIT - no drugs - not even caffeine. :o

So real life is a bit more hardcore than Greek? :o

[daWolf]

A friend of mine who came to the UK, planned a weekend with a couple of other mates were all they were 'allowed' to do was drink jagermeister and redbull th whole weekend. They were not 'allowed' to eat or sleep. It did end with two chicks landing in hospital on that Sunday....Insane stuff. On the Monday when he got to work, His manager told him to leave as he was still reeking of alcohol and still drunk!

[xrapidx]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Randy_Gardner_(record_holder)

Guinness World Records record is 449 hours (18 days, 17 hours) :eek:

[noxibox]

What were you on?
Life. Actually I was working on a project and just kept telling myself I'd do one more thing, then I'd take a break. Time flies when you're having fun.

[mercurial]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Randy_Gardner_(record_holder))

You're missing a bracket after "record holder" :) I included it in the quote above.

From that link:




It is often claimed that Gardner's experiment demonstrated that extreme sleep deprivation has little effect, other than the mood changes associated with tiredness (mood swings, short temper, loss of concentration).[5] This is primarily due to a report by researcher William Dement, who stated that on the tenth day of the experiment, Gardner had been, among other things, able to beat Dement at pinball.

However, Lt. Cmdr. John J. Ross, who monitored his health, reported serious cognitive and behavioral changes. These included moodiness, problems with concentration and short term memory, paranoia, and hallucinations. On the fourth day he had a delusion that he was Paul Lowe winning the Rose Bowl, and that a street sign was a person. On the eleventh day, when he was asked to subtract seven repeatedly, starting with 100, he stopped at 65. When asked why he had stopped, he replied that he had forgotten what he was doing.[1]

[xrapidx]

You're missing a bracket after "record holder" :) I included it in the quote above.


Fixed - thanks.

[BCO]

Jeez, people can be kinda cruel in the name of science:


In the case of rats, however, continuous sleep deprivation for about two weeks or more inevitably caused death in experiments conducted in Allan Rechtschaffen's sleep laboratory at the University of Chicago. Two animals lived on a rotating disc over a pool of water, separated by a fixed wall. Brainwaves were recorded continuously into a computer program that almost instantaneously recognized the onset of sleep. When the experimental rat fell asleep, the disc was rotated to keep it awake by bumping it against the wall and threatening to push the animal into the water. Control rats could sleep when the experimental rat was awake but were moved equally whenever the experimental rat started to sleep. The cause of death was not proven but was associated with whole body hypermetabolism.

[Mila]

Slept 5 hours Thursday night got up at 5:30 Friday morning finally went back to sleep on Sunday morning 10. So that makes it 52 hours? right? Was a horrible.... Did not even get a thank you!! Worst of all was that everybody else at some stage went home to sleep, when it was my turn it was just too busy and i had too stay, that was one of the times i fell a sleep behind the wheel.
Thank goodness I’m finished with the entertainment industry!!!

[BLIXEMPIE]

My record is 3hrz..z..z..z..z..z

[boramk]

I love my sleep way too much to deprive myself. 19 Hours

[xrapidx]

This one time in band camp... I think mine is around Friday to Sunday night - was horrible.

[teraside]

This thread is hillarious. All the folks that post in the AM times can't even string together proper sentences :p ;) :D

Spelling and grammar errors gallore :p ROFL. Sleep please, you need it.

[kiepie]

kiepie, just know that you will die from not sleeping quicker than without water.

take a nap at least man.

They say some people never wake up again... :eek: But if I keep it under 3 days I feel safe! :p


Friday morning to Sunday night. Final weekend of my fraternity's aptly named Hell Week.

EDIT - no drugs - not even caffeine. :o

lol, same here! I can't stand coffee! :(


Was just thinking this thread should be renamed to "who's taken drugs before" :p

lol :D


This thread is hillarious. All the folks that post in the AM times can't even string together proper sentences

Spelling and grammar errors gallore ROFL. Sleep please, you need it.

Thought you would be up there somewhere tera, maybe an odd 40+?

PS This always comes up when I quote your posts! :p


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[teraside]

Nah, I love my sleep :p ;) :D I've had 3 days however last week where I slept like an hour and that's it. I really feel crappy when that happens, look like a train wreck or druggy and really suck at my job :p

Gnite, it's my bedtime ;)

[smokey]

Well I was in the Organizing Committee for a student conference, so while there was kark loads of work, it was a heck of a fun time... people keep you awake:D The only reason was due to me being (among the only) responsible people there and lacking the energy to punch others in the face. When I finally went to sleep - I was woken up half an hour later, raced to where the problem was, found out they didn't need me after all - freaked out, broke the guys nose and went back to my room.

No coffee, just litres and litres of coke and a few red bulls.

[kiepie]

Well I was in the Organizing Committee for a student conference, so while there was kark loads of work, it was a heck of a fun time... people keep you awake:D The only reason was due to me being (among the only) responsible people there and lacking the energy to punch others in the face. When I finally went to sleep - I was woken up half an hour later, raced to where the problem was, found out they didn't need me after all - freaked out, broke the guys nose and went back to my room.

No coffee, just litres and litres of coke and a few red bulls.

I would lose it as well...;)

How long where you awake though?

[a3dm86]

I stay awake 30 hours quite regularly, hence the late posts. Bad habit, picked it up since matric finals, can't seem to have a regular sleep pattern. Internet and Series don't help!
What could the implications on my health be?
Mind you, i can sleep for 12-18 hours straight as well!

[skoob]

About 48 hours. Spent the weekend watching X files.

[gumpie]

So i got to work on sunday morning at 9 (was awake at 8) and only got home at 1 yesterday afternoon. (Tight deadlines FTW)
So by my calculations i was up for around 30 hours.
Man what a good sleep.

Whats the longest you have done?

[foozball3000]

There was a thread like this...

[Datura]

When I was a plaas boy we used to do 72 hours straight every 2 months sending chickens to the abattoir at night and normal work and prep work during the day. It's tough but you sleep so well after that.

[Chris_H]

There was a thread like this...

Yeah, and recently...

Anyway, apart from the LAN events back in my youth, the most exhausting experience of my life so far was working from 09:00 in the morning to about 05:00 the next morning to get 2 hours sleep and clean and eat something. This was repeated for about a week and half working on deadlines as well.

So:
Normal sleep for 1 week @ 8 hours = 56Hours
My sleep for that week @ 2 hours = 14Hours :sick:

[JHatman]

Longest ever was at a LAN some years back. Woke up 7 on Friday morning, worked all day, went to the LAN after work, lanned all night, all day saturday, all saturday night and all sunday. Got home and slept at 5 Sunday afternoon.

Roughly 59 hours. Never again! :D

[drukkie]

Worst sleep ever!! you wake up with frights etc...went 3 days straight with only 4 hours sleep in between...

oh and back in the days when we went to splash :) hehe
splash -> el divine -> that place in joburg with the open roof? -> after party eish!

[kilos]

56 hrs - walked home 50km (9hrs) thru the night over Xmas (many many years ago), got a lift on a bicycle the last 2 km
46 hrs - drove 3000km from George to Lusaka,Zambia no sleep (4 redbulls later),at night thru Botswana with all the cows,donkeys & elephants in the road - crazy

[Voicy]

So i got to work on sunday morning at 9 (was awake at 8) and only got home at 1 yesterday afternoon. (Tight deadlines FTW)
So by my calculations i was up for around 30 hours.
Man what a good sleep.

Whats the longest you have done?

I played Star Wars: KOTOR2 (Knights of the old republic) for 32 hrs straight one weekend from 11pm on the Friday night. I was awake that Friday morning at 9pm, which would make my longest stint 41hrs. :(

[BLIXEMPIE]

48 hrs. I make up for my loss of sleep that time every day now.

[cbrunsdonza]

72 hours ... awesome weekend of raving

[bwana]

There was a thread like this...There were three now there is one. :)

Mine is still Friday morning to Sunday night. Wicked hallucinations that last morning. :eek:

[Devill]

62 odd hours.

Friday: Got up at six, worked then partied through the night.

Saturday: Went to help with a braai thing for a function. After that went to the bottle store got some booze watched the CC finals with some mates (bulls lost:() started partying again and kuiered till the sunday morning.

Sunday: Took a shower and wokeup the others to go for breakfast, then we went to the barn and we did some rock climing (i did not do very well :o) went for lunch, watched a movie with the then gf and had supper. Went home and fell asleep at around 8 in front of the TV :D

[I am Penguin]

Started on a Monday morning, little sleep (2 hours) that night to Thursday morning driving home from Thabazimbi at 3 AM. Nearly killed myself falling asleep while driving and thereafter stopped the practise all together. Noth worth it.

[AcidRaZor]

9 days... last day was on Sunday morning roughly at about 7am. I started sleeping. I woke up Monday at around 6pm

No fatigue, no hallucinations. Just couldn't sleep.

[j3n0va]

56 hrs - walked home 50km (9hrs) thru the night over Xmas (many many years ago), got a lift on a bicycle the last 2 km
46 hrs

:eek:


9 days... last day was on Sunday morning roughly at about 7am. I started sleeping. I woke up Monday at around 6pm

No fatigue, no hallucinations. Just couldn't sleep.

This happens to me regularly but not for that long. I'd say 3-4 days at a time. I feel fine the entire time. But I feel constantly hungry when I'm like that :o

[DBoy_25]

About 3 days, haha you got to love the outdoor Trance partys. You never wanna go sleep.

[AcidRaZor]

This happens to me regularly but not for that long. I'd say 3-4 days at a time. I feel fine the entire time. But I feel constantly hungry when I'm like that :o

Mine wasn't drug induced ;)

And yes, I felt perfectly fine. Just the Sunday morning thought "Mmm, I think I'm sleepy now"

Apparently being awake for longer than 24 hours is like having 8 beers or something

[AcidRaZor]

About 3 days, haha you got to love the outdoor Trance partys. You never wanna go sleep.

Again, drug induced... tsk tsk

[j3n0va]

Mine wasn't drug induced ;)

And yes, I felt perfectly fine. Just the Sunday morning thought "Mmm, I think I'm sleepy now"

Apparently being awake for longer than 24 hours is like having 8 beers or something

:D lol no it's because I suffer from a chronic case of insomnia lol. I'm one of those people who don't drink cause they can't even handle 2 beers without being tipsy. Poor constitution:o

[JHatman]

There were three now there is one. :)

Mine is still Friday morning to Sunday night. Wicked hallucinations that last morning. :eek:

Tell me about it. But you slept like you never slept before after that ;)

[kiepie]

Yeah, and recently...

Anyway, apart from the LAN events back in my youth, the most exhausting experience of my life so far was working from 09:00 in the morning to about 05:00 the next morning to get 2 hours sleep and clean and eat something. This was repeated for about a week and half working on deadlines as well.

So:
Normal sleep for 1 week @ 8 hours = 56Hours
My sleep for that week @ 2 hours = 14Hours :sick:

Now that suck, I would rather not sleep than taking in 2 hours, that would kill me... :rolleyes:

but for a whole week, I will take a nap if I can. :D

[Dominant]

around 45hours... Ultima Online, those were the days.

Ryan call Jay back, ffs! rofl

only 1 post, nice, I have a life :D

[Rosaudio]

arout 36 hours :(

[PonYj]

around 45hours... Ultima Online, those were the days.

Ryan call Jay back, ffs! rofl

only 1 post, nice, I have a life :D

Around 2.5 Days, studying for Aviation exams! Ryan get back to Anton Sms's.!! :P

[matt loves telkom]

30 +- hours.
its really silly to be honest.you get to a point where you actually dont know what time it is and you start drifting off and waking up and you have like no clue what the hell is going.
Geography Tour.... stayed up all night trying to get into an exchange students pants (American Pie fantasy :p) . all that staying up for nothing.... .eish

[Good Life]

Prolly 22 hours. I like me sleep. :D

[murraybiscuit]

i've hit double all nighters a few times. work in advertising. normally go to sleep 2-3am and wake up round 7am. any time before midnight is rare.
i'm not a big sleep person.

[Picard]

From LAN days at the University of Stellenbosch at NARGA and FHARGA (my card allowed me access anywhere) back in 1998-2000.

Friday 18:00 - Sunday morning 07:00. Diablo 2, Counter-Strike, AoE 2.

[I am Penguin]

30 +- hours.
its really silly to be honest.you get to a point where you actually dont know what time it is and you start drifting off and waking up and you have like no clue what the hell is going.
Geography Tour.... stayed up all night trying to get into an exchange students pants (American Pie fantasy :p) . all that staying up for nothing.... .eish

Never again, I went out for a breakdown two weeks ago, no sleep Wednesday morning to Friday evening, drove home (300KM's) at 11PM and fell asleep/dozed off a few times to many behind the wheel during the trip home. It could have cost my, and maybe someone elses, life.

I used to do it before no problem, now that I aged? Never again!

[TheHiveMind]

over 48 hours

That was back when I used to sleep around 4-5 hours a day.

[AveshR]

more than 2 days... happens often to me

[BrianStephan]

50 hours my max

[reddevilandy10]

50 hours my max

44 Hours. That was after playing footy walking to and from the beach and sitting in the sun during a camp a few years ago.

[Human]

36 hrs...very long flight and layover from NYC to CPT.

[j3n0va]

3 days. That was an awesome party :D

[Morgoth]

around 3 days with a friend of mine, we lanned for about a day and a half without sleep and went parting the next 2 nights ....slept for 2 days after that though.

[EchoZA]

Insomnia... learn too live with it!!!

[Robertvv]

am sure some dude in hollywood beat you all ,,
and did not need a nap afterwards.

[kiepie]

52 hours

[Veroland]

my longest have been 89 hours with 4 hours sleep in the middle doing a very stressful project with a very tight deadline