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longest you have ever gone without sleep?

post #1 of 68
7/14/09 at 2:48am
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recently i have had some mild insomnia, and while talking with a friend about it i remembered a story from school. at the end of my 2nd semester of my 2nd year i had a particularly grueling studio schedule and i ended up staying awake working on a final presentation from 7am on monday morning until 11am on thursday morning, which should be 76 hours. i remember walking across campus to my apartment and being so out of it i couldn't think something without saying it aloud. i slept for close to 24 hours afterward and still wasn't back to normal for a week. so what is the longest you've ever gone without any sleep?
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post #2 of 68
7/14/09 at 2:58am
About 45 hours. I didn't eat a whole lot during that time and I remember throwing up a few times.
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post #3 of 68
7/14/09 at 3:12am
I once wasn't able to sleep on an airplane.
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post #4 of 68
7/14/09 at 3:37am
I have never successfully slept on an airplane. I think I have gone about three days. I regularly go for 24-48 without sleep. I am not healthy or normal, so I wouldn't recommend this.
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post #5 of 68
7/14/09 at 3:50am
24 hours. Did it just for the hell of it.
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post #6 of 68
7/14/09 at 3:51am
A friend and I did 40 hours to see who could make it. We both did. I thought it'd be harder. We now trying to plan and do 2 all-nighters in a row + a full day not sleeping.
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post #7 of 68
7/14/09 at 3:59am
Sleep deprivation is very bad for your resistance.
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post #8 of 68
7/14/09 at 4:05am
^ Resistance?
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post #9 of 68
7/14/09 at 4:25am
My personal record is somewhere around 102-106 hours. I do not recommend the experience. (I had insomnia for 3 years, and this single 100+ hour spell was the only time that I went more than 60 hours without sleep. Unfortunately, I had a LOT of 48-60 hour periods without sleep.) I think the "bad for your resistance" comment refers to your immune system being very vulnerable when your body does not have sufficient sleep.
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post #10 of 68
7/14/09 at 5:35am
Possibly 4 days, on several occasions, during my combat days.
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post #11 of 68
7/14/09 at 6:08am
Around 50 hours a couple of times if i remember correctly
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post #12 of 68
7/14/09 at 6:14am
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Originally Posted by Crosstalker View Post
I think the "bad for your resistance" comment refers to your immune system being very vulnerable when your body does not have sufficient sleep.

Precisely. My doctor says it's much easier to catch a cold when you're sleep deprived.
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post #13 of 68
7/14/09 at 6:30am
Around 80 hours. I slept for about 10 hours afterwards and awoke still completely exhausted. Wouldn't do it again.
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post #14 of 68
7/14/09 at 8:44am
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Around 80 hours. I slept for about 10 hours afterwards and awoke still completely exhausted.

Wouldn't do it again.

How? I've heard stories of people in the army being kept awake for 2-3 days on training and things but 80 hours...
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post #15 of 68
7/14/09 at 9:34am
I've done 50 hours a bunch of times, and, for 6 weeks in a row once I got less than two hours sleep from sunday to thursday every week, total. and then slept all weekend. but I was a lot younger then.
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