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40 hours.

anyone know the record?

Longer, trust me. Just from friends in college, I know people who've gone longer.

40 hours. anyone know the record?

My personal record was 13 days. I was 17, hopped-up on things. After that I slept for five days without waking or batting an eyelid.

Pantygraigwen, you shouldn't beat yourself up about this girlfriend thing. She's obviously not good enough for you. Let it go.

The World Record is 11 days. People have died from less.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Randy_Gardner_%28sleep_deprived%29

EDIT: Actually, I don't think people have died from less. Wiki says that micro-sleep phases tend to develop, and that only after a few months of that can people actually die.
Anyone got more info?

After 5-7 days, you will no longer perceive the passage of time, and will see memories from different times of your life, tiled. Then the insects come.

http://sc.tri-bit.com/images/0/04/7HAE2QLZJ22TRUBL7E7W5ADO6VV6W7AR.jpg

My personal record was 13 days. I was 17, hopped-up on things. After that I slept for five days without waking or batting an eyelid.

Pantygraigwen, you shouldn't beat yourself up about this girlfriend thing. She's obviously not good enough for you. Let it go.

I like a woman who says "not good enough for you" ;p

Sadly, it's that combined with last night combined with general insomnia combined with the over-riding knowledge that i will die a cold and lonely death.

Still, you gotta laugh, eh? :)

http://www.stupidquestionsanswered.com/answered/sleep.htm

After 5-7 days, you will no longer perceive the passage of time, and will see memories from different times of your life, tiled. Then the insects come.

The insects never left.

awake? nooo... if this was a "what's the most time have you slept for?" thread, i'd be in with a chance... :(

but i suppose the longest for me would be about 48 hours on E over the last summer holiday. the world record is gonna be a hell of a lot longer than that. i'd look in the guiness book of records behind me if i could be arsed :D

Still, you gotta laugh, eh? :)
If you're going to laugh, you may as well be pointing.

I stayed up for about 6 days straight once, I was heavily into drugs though, and ended up sleeping for 3 days straight after that ( I didn't even go to the bathroom) it's not healthy. Go to sleep.


Oh, and when I was in labor with my 1st kid I didn't get any sleep either, I was in labor with her for about 65 hours.......that wasn't fun either.

After several days, you start suffering permanent brain damage (of course, that isn't taking into account the temporary brain damage that is inherit in all sleep deprivation)

I like a woman who says "not good enough for you" ;p

Sadly, it's that combined with last night combined with general insomnia combined with the over-riding knowledge that i will die a cold and lonely death.

Still, you gotta laugh, eh? :)

Back off, eh? She's mine. :P


And yeah, laughing's good, ecspecially laughing at other people.....I recommend Comedy Central.

My personal record was 13 days. I was 17, hopped-up on things. After that I slept for five days without waking or batting an eyelid.
You know...I'm starting to think you should call the people from the Guinness book.

awake? nooo... if this was a "what's the most time have you slept for?" thread, i'd be in with a chance... :(

but i suppose the longest for me would be about 48 hours on E over the last summer holiday. the world record is gonna be a hell of a lot longer than that. i'd look in the guiness book of records behind me if i could be arsed :D

Oh, this is non chemical induced. I've stayed up a good few days on E back in the day.

Many years gone <sighs>

The World Record is 11 days. People have died from less.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Randy_Gardner_%28sleep_deprived%29

EDIT: Actually, I don't think people have died from less. Wiki says that micro-sleep phases tend to develop, and that only after a few months of that can people actually die.
Anyone got more info?
I seem to recall someone going without sleep for a long time, and hallucinating a gorilla attack.

Back off, eh? She's mine. :P


And yeah, laughing's good, ecspecially laughing at other people.....I recommend Comedy Central.

is she? lucky her/you (delete where applicable) ;p

i find laughing at myself gets me through the roughest time. Just a pause and "god, what are you like you self pitying wanker?"

awake? nooo... if this was a "what's the most time have you slept for?" thread, i'd be in with a chance... :(

but i suppose the longest for me would be about 48 hours on E over the last summer holiday. the world record is gonna be a hell of a lot longer than that. i'd look in the guiness book of records behind me if i could be arsed :D

Most time i ever slept for?

1993.

is she? lucky her/you (delete where applicable) ;p

i find laughing at myself gets me through the roughest time. Just a pause and "god, what are you like you self pitying wanker?"

*snicker* Can I laugh at you too? That's funny. :D

You know...I'm starting to think you should call the people from the Guinness book.

Damn.. it was 11 years ago. I thought it was super long at the time.. but not a world record. I was speeding (if you catch my drift), eating dry toast and drinking bottles of robitussin, popping pills. At the end, after sleeping finally, I found I had at some point died my hair bright purple and blue.. and that I REALLY needed a shower. :p

*snicker* Can I laugh at you too? That's funny. :D

Go right ahead, this is an equal opportunity spleen machine.

I did a high number too, unsure but I basically woke up late Wednesday morning, didn't sleep at all Thursday, and fell asleep early Saturday morning. So whatever that correlates to I guess 2 1/2 days once? That was crazy man that's all I have to say. I was disappointed though, I never had hallucinations.

Damn.. it was 11 years ago. I thought it was super long at the time.. but not a world record. I was speeding (if you catch my drift), eating dry toast and drinking bottles of robitussin, popping pills. At the end, after sleeping finally, I found I had at some point died my hair bright purple and blue.. and that I REALLY needed a shower. :p

I think my favourite drug/drink story was my friend Helen who - and i quote - woke up one day after a long weekend session to discover she had bought a terrapin.

awake? nooo... if this was a "what's the most time have you slept for?" thread, i'd be in with a chance... :(

but i suppose the longest for me would be about 48 hours on E over the last summer holiday. the world record is gonna be a hell of a lot longer than that. i'd look in the guiness book of records behind me if i could be arsed :D

I've slept for 20 hours. As for how long I've been awake for, well, I wanted to record it each time I've stayed up a long time, but seemed to neglect to actually write it down...

Most time i ever slept for?

1993.
lol! :p

When I had African tickbite fever I slept for 7 days straight. It sucked.

lol! :p

Sadly, i think my final years grade at uni shows i'm not joking there ;)

I had chickenpox for early half of this year getting sleep was difficult. The sleep I had wasn't exactly sleep either, so I was sleep deprived for a week or so. Didn't feel so good first day at work either.

Sadly, i think my final years grade at uni shows i'm not joking there ;)
hey, i was 8 so i can't really remember... maybe it was just a really boring year? ;)

with john major in charge, i wouldn't be surprised if it was :D

hey, i was 8 so i can't really remember... maybe it was just a really boring year? ;)

with john major in charge, i wouldn't be surprised if it was :D

pretty dull year. 94 was worse, we got rid of cobain, but lost hicks :'(

pretty dull year. 94 was worse, we got rid of cobain, but lost hicks :'(

Lost Cobain.. who's Hicks? *Don't care* Ha!

Lost Cobain.. who's Hicks? *Don't care* Ha!

WHO IS HICKS?

Goddamn it, what do they teach kids in school today? <fumes>

Bill Hicks, the messiah of standup comedy, the twisted dark prophet of the punchline, Goatboy...

Bill Hicks, who - judging by his material on Iraq 1 - we sadly missed when Iraq 2 came along.

Beats Cobain into the proverbial cocked hat.

Meh, I wasn't even self-aware then.

Meh, I wasn't even self-aware then.

There's an argument that i'm still not...

After 5-7 days, you will no longer perceive the passage of time, and will see memories from different times of your life, tiled. Then the insects come.
Gracey brings da funny ;)

I haven't stayed up for particularly impressive amounts of time, but I did once stay up for 22 hours then had a 1 hour nap before another 22 hours awake.

I didn't have any coffee, but I did have some cups of tea.

Here's what I'd recommend if, for some reason, you have to stay up:

Water - keeps your brain hydrated. You will need the toilet a lot of course, but that probably helps too.
Have an extra meal - if your awake longer, I think you should eat at the middle of the time you would normally be sleeping.

WHO IS HICKS?

Goddamn it, what do they teach kids in school today? <fumes>

Bill Hicks, the messiah of standup comedy, the twisted dark prophet of the punchline, Goatboy...

Your school taught you about stand-up comedians? I remember the name vaguely, but I've never liked stand-up. *Usually it's only good drunk* And with a name like "Goatboy" .. *I just don't know* :p

Your school taught you about stand-up comedians? I remember the name vaguely, but I've never liked stand-up. *Usually it's only good drunk* And with a name like "Goatboy" .. *I just don't know* :p

Oh. All the ladies love Goatboy, the shaggy old thing ;)

Oh. All the ladies love Goatboy, the shaggy old thing ;)

Shaggy. *Sounds ohh so enticing* ..But i think I'll pass. And I suggest you do the same.

Sleep deprivation leads to psychosis. After a couple of days you're going to be in a less than desirable mental state.


After about a week you're bat-shit crazy.

Then the hallucinations start...

Voice of reason: Get in your car, drive to a local Walgreens, get a sleep aid.

Voice of reason: Get in your car, drive to a local Walgreens, get a sleep aid.

Actually, the two biggest causes of car accidents is alcohol and sleep deprivation.

Voice of reason: Get in your car, drive to a local Walgreens, get a sleep aid.

Voice of immaturity..."you have two bottles of wine in the kitchen"

Actually, the two biggest causes of car accidents is alcohol and sleep deprivation.

Yeah, how about, watch Tv guide channel....actuallly......watch channel 2 or some public access/announcement channel thngy, with that music.

Yeah, how about, watch Tv guide channel....actuallly......watch channel 2 or some public access/announcement channel thngy, with that music.

Where I live there's a really really really long highway going from North to South. We have a lot of accidents where sleep deprived folks die in car crashes involving trucks (I mean really big trucks).

Voice of immaturity..."you have two bottles of wine in the kitchen"Actually not a bad idea... get drunk and go to sleep.


As long as you do go to sleep and don't try to drive...


or make any phone calls you'll later regret...

Actually not a bad idea... get drunk and go to sleep.


As long as you do go to sleep and don't try to drive...


or make any phone calls you'll later regret...

Sadly, i was drunk earlier, and yesterday, and neither worked.

Masturbation, maybe. Solution to all mankinds problems.

off to sleep/bed right now as it so happens... night all :)

Sadly, i was drunk earlier, and yesterday, and neither worked.

Unlucky! I would have thought it takes less alcohol to make you sleepy than drunk.

Hmm... well I would suggest darkness, lack of movement, comfortable temperature, lack of needing toilet. I suppose what I am saying is to give your body no other needs or stimuli.

Unlucky! I would have thought it takes less alcohol to make you sleepy than drunk.

Hmm... well I would suggest darkness, lack of movement, comfortable temperature, lack of needing toilet. I suppose what I am saying is to give your body no other needs or stimuli.

Or someone knocks out Pantygraigwen stone cold.

Or someone knocks out Pantygraigwen stone cold.

I dunno, i'm having too much fun on the "9 11/muslims/immigration/west doesn't deserve defending/don't trust the Swiss" thread...

awake? nooo... if this was a "what's the most time have you slept for?" thread, i'd be in with a chance... :(

but i suppose the longest for me would be about 48 hours on E over the last summer holiday. the world record is gonna be a hell of a lot longer than that. i'd look in the guiness book of records behind me if i could be arsed :D
My record is about 20 hours...
I lose

I dunno, i'm having too much fun on the "9 11/muslims/immigration/west doesn't deserve defending/don't trust the Swiss" thread...

As they say "Knock yourself out" :)
After 24 hours of no sleep, I pretty much can't do much.

A little over 48 hours. I know people who have done more, though.

Masturbation, maybe. Solution to all mankinds problems.

I lost interest in masturbation like.. months ago. It's really sad.

I lost interest in masturbation like.. months ago. It's really sad.

"When a man is tired of masturbation, he is tired of life" - i'm sure Dr Johnson said that.

The World Record is 11 days. People have died from less.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Randy_Gardner_%28sleep_deprived%29

EDIT: Actually, I don't think people have died from less. Wiki says that micro-sleep phases tend to develop, and that only after a few months of that can people actually die.
Anyone got more info?
I heard they had SS Super Warriors on Meth going without sleep for weeks....

I heard they had SS Super Warriors on Meth going without sleep for weeks....

"SS Super Warriors on Meth" sounds like the title of a Roger Corman movie to me.

Longest I've been without sleep is 42 hours.

I heard they had SS Super Warriors on Meth going without sleep for weeks....
They did give them pills and things late in the war to keep them fighting, and they probably did stay up for a while, but I don't think you could call them super warriors, or that they really stayed awake for weeks.

And by the way, when they were drugged, they'd also be even more happy to massacre a few people. Malmedy comes to mind.

Well, I woke up on Friday morning at 8am (NZT) and didn't get to bed until Saturday night 11.30pm HKT, which is 4.30am on Sunday NZT. So that equals 45 1/2 hours. I did sort of doze on the plane, but never went to sleep (there was a baby next to me and my row was the one right next to the toilet, so it made it kind of hard to sleep).
Added to that I only got 3 hours sleep on Wednesday night, didn't eat anything Thursday and 5 hours sleep Thursday night and that's 92 hours with 8 hours sleep total. Unsurprisingly when I finally got to bed last night I went straight out and didn't wake until 9.30am.

Longest I ever worked was 32 hours. I was working in the forest and just as we were to knock off for the day (after working 9 hours, starting at 6am) a forest fire at a different forest was called and we had to go up to help out. We had to put a fire break through and were meant to be relieved at 10pm (having started at 4pm), but no-one came by until 9am the following day.
That was tough. I started hallucinating by the end of it. Wasn't helped by the food poisoning I was suffering from at the time (never eat twice reheated tacos that have been sitting in the sun for 6 hours).

Interestingly if/when I go without sleep but aren't working (usually cause I've gone out on the town then caught up doing other stuff, or been on long-haul flights) I don't really feel it. But no sleep, then a few hours work absolutely knackers me. Must be the stress levels that come from work.