How long can you go without sleep?!

duckygalway

Ended up on a mad one at the weekend, didn't sleep at all Friday - Monday morning, dropped Monday afternoon! No way could I do this during the week...

we'llallhavetea_old

a day?

when i was younger though, i think i went for bout 3 or 4 days with no sleep. i had help though.

M5

we'llallhavetea wrote: »

a day?

when i was younger though, i think i went for bout 3 or 4 days with no sleep. i had help though.

Whatever could you mean? :rolleyes:

Managed 48 hours unassisted once, messy! Slept for 17 hours straight afterwards, finished night shift and completely missed a day!

murrayp4

Done 72hrs a good few times, as long as you're active its not too hard...

M5

murrayp4 wrote: »

Done 72hrs a good few times, as long as you're active its not too hard...

when you sit down, even for a min, goooood night!

mayoman ngalway

the most i've done was on a camp with the fca, went out on a wed night,after getting up at 0700 that morning, got back in time to do a 24hr guard. that was all day thurs, finished at 0800hrs friday morning, packed, went back to galway. went out on the piss again, got to bed around 2300hrs. woke up sunday afternoon thinking it was sat, looking forward to going out!!

i was meant to be working at 0700 that sunday morning :^

Dark_by_Dezign

roughly about this long

M5

Dark_by_Dezign wrote: »

roughly about this long

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Hank_Jones

Dark_by_Dezign wrote: »

roughly about this long

*Insert small penis joke here*

minidazzler

Working Oxegen one year, I arrived at it after being awake for 80 hours, I got 2 hours sleep, I worked a 12 hour shift, 3 hours sleep and awake then til monday, working nights drinking during the day.

I'd say I got around 10 hours sleep that whole week, never mind saying that weekend!

When I got home I slept for 24 hours! Was awesome!

irishleedsfan

minidazzler wrote: »

Working Oxegen one year, I arrived at it after being awake for 80 hours, I got 2 hours sleep, I worked a 12 hour shift, 3 hours sleep and awake then til monday, working nights drinking during the day.

I'd say I got around 10 hours sleep that whole week, never mind saying that weekend!

When I got home I slept for 24 hours! Was awesome!

pffft thats nothing im on 17 days at the moment





I am a liar....

minidazzler

irishleedsfan wrote: »

pffft thats nothing im on 17 days at the moment

I am a liar....

I'm not! I even lost the barrel of a machine gun before that oxegen I was so tired! (RDF thing).

KevinVonSpiel

I'm saying 96 hours, however, frankly, once you go beyond 72, your judgment of whether you conked out briefly or not is open for question. I definitely had experience of 'skips', each of which was like the needle playing the record of reality 'skipped'.

I was catching up on course work & exam prep'. I do recall asking friends now & again if I'd just conked out, if so, then for how long... etc. Answer was always: no.

No shaved eyebrows or marker moustaches either, & I was doing Engineering, so that would have definitely happened if I'd conked out.

After one of these 'skips', it'd be like I'd snap out of a 'falling dream', this would happen while standing up, so clearly I hadn't lost consciousness for long or I've got amazing balance when asleep.

I definitely recommend trying it out.

Soby

Woke up at half 4 this afternoon still awake now have work at 8 and in work till 5,,, :(:(:(

irishleedsfan

minidazzler wrote: »

I'm not! I even lost the barrel of a machine gun before that oxegen I was so tired! (RDF thing).

Machine gun :eek: Your a great man im take back what i previously said. You rule:)

RayM

I've often gone around 60 hours without sleep. I find that if I can get past the 36 hour mark, getting to 60 is easy enough. Not sure that it's particularly healthy though...

m@cc@

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sleep_deprivation

IvySlayer

Stayed up for around 2 and half days on a school trip when I was younger. There is nothing like getting into your own bed after missing it for so long

Victor McDade

Legend

Man breaks sleep deprivation record

Source PA News

Updated on 25 May 2007

A man has claimed a new record by succeeding in his bid to stay awake for 11 days as part of his research into human sleep.

Tony Wright, 42, began his attempt on the 264-hour record at 6am on May 14 at the Studio Bar in Penzance, west Cornwall.

A qualified horticulturist, he relied on a raw food diet, including fruit, salad, seeds and nuts, to help keep him awake.

After setting the record just after 6am on Friday, he said: "I feel pretty good but a bit shaky. It has not really sunk in yet that I have beaten the record.

"I do not feel tired yet, but there is a bit of adrenaline pumping around at the moment."

He said his diet and intake of herb tea "seemed to make a big difference to my ability to stay awake and remain functional".

Mr Wright had the help of friends, chatting and playing pool, to keep him awake. He has conducted 15 years of research into human sleep, and claimed each side of the human brain requires a different amount of sleep. With appropriate preparation, it is possible to stay awake and remain functional for long periods, he said.

During his record bid he said he had one "near sleep experience" and found the most difficult thing to do was writing his website diary while sleep-deprived.

Student Randy Gardner set the Guinness World Record in 1964 as part of a science project in San Diego, US.

http://www.channel4.com/news/articles/society/health/man+breaks+sleep+deprivation+record/531107

IvySlayer

Victor McDade wrote: »

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That's nothing, there's some people who never/very rarely sleep. Why we need to sleep is still very much unknown.

Rabies

I worked 8 days with 2-3hrs sleep a night and 18-20hr working days. At the end of that I had 6hrs sleep. Woke up the next day for work at a different job, went out to my jeep, but the keys in the front, left it unlocked and text my manger to say I'm not going to work. Switched my phone off and took a week off work

R0ot

Used to be about 74 hours, now I'd say I could last about 30

Snowie

depends really are you talking about partying with the use of drugs and stimulents to keep you awake or just you no not sleeping and playing call of duty all night ? because there booth very different.....

Gillington

Yeah with the aid of drink or drugs I've gone withouut sleep from Friday to Sunday at festivals or general silliness weekends.

With work I hated doin night shifts,would always be screwing things up! Christmas one year I did the night shift,worked the 22nd of Dec through the night,then the the the day of the 23rd had to do all my shopping,went straight back to work through the night til the 24th.Cos we done the nightshift we got money left behind the bar of the pub across the road so we all went over,2 pints I was langered! Stayed out for most of the day,Christmas day was ruined!

Run_to_da_hills

72 hours was about the max I lasted without kip.

kisaragi

IvySlayer wrote: »

That's nothing, there's some people who never/very rarely sleep. Why we need to sleep is still very much unknown.

Yeah... it's called fatal familial insomnia... in that it kills you.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fatal_familial_insomnia

NothingMan

The longest i've done in the last few years is about 30 hours. Might have done 36 in the past. Went to Bundoran for a weekend last year. Got up at 7 for work on Friday, Lift to Bundoran in the evening and drank myself silly til about 6am. Up for surfing at 8am, do that all day then drink again til about 5am, up for surfing at 8am. Finish that up and my friend asks me to drive her car home cos she was sick. Got to bed about 10pm. So 63 hours on the go with only 5 hours sleep was pretty intense for. Then add driving 350km that tired and hungover. Horrible. Wouldn't like to do it again.

Black Swan

I don't like to sleep around.

Snowie

Blue_Lagoon wrote: »

I don't like to sleep around.

me to lobsters can really hurt

DazMarz

I have gone something like a week with little/no sleep. Never a good thing.

The longest I've gone with literally no sleep (not even a nap) is something like 80 hours or so. Was shaking and trembling and everything cos of it. Not pleasant.

PeterIanStaker

I can go about 4 days without sleep. Get somewhat cranky after that.

Black Swan

Insomnia is my university course.

billymitchell

Why would you deprive yourself of sleep?? :eek:
Mmmmmm, bed!!
Longest I ever managed was about 48, and I was drunk for about 40 of those!

Sanjuro

I was travelling home from Brisbane back in aught three. Since I took the cheap option, I had 3 stop-overs. Got up in Brisbane on a Sunday morning, got to bed the following Thursday morning in Dublin. I was close to delerious and talking some awful random crap to my sister as she was driving me home. Interesting experience, but one I never want to repeat.

Dexters16

back in January a friend of mine broke the guinness record for the longest dj-marathon. he dj'd for 124 hours with no sleep.

kowloon

I've been awake since late Monday evening, I have to stay awake for a meeting at 2:00pm followed by a doctors appointment at 4:10. I'm about ready to drop off. I'll probably sleep well after that if I survive the drive home.

ScumLord

I'd go two days without sleep on a regular basis. It's like free drugs

we'llallhavetea_old

ScumLord wrote: »

I'd go two days without sleep on a regular basis. It's like free drugs

mwah! i know what you mean, i start going completely crazy, like a rambling drunk.

Black Swan

With all those pub one-liners about going to bed, it would seem that you lads would get plenty of sleep?

az2wp0sye65487

This thread got me thinking... I can't remember the last time I went for any great length of time without sleep, probably back in my teens... but if I reckon I could if I had to.

Anyway, on to the O/H - she has absolutely NO tolerance for any amount of sleep deprivation... if she's up from say 6am then she'll more than likely be asleep on the sofa by 9 - 9.30pm

We travelled to NYC a couple of years ago for a holiday... We had to get up around 5am to get to the airport & check in etc. and there's a 5 hr time difference.

So we arrive in NYC at 11.30am (Local Time) having been awake since 5am (GMT)... Anyway for most people - myself included - this won't affect you since there's the whole buzz & excitement of being on holidays, sightseeing etc etc.

Not my O/H... She was a wreck:D . We did a sightseeing tour on one of those open-topped busses the 1st night we were there, it must have been about 7pm. It was January and VERY cold so we headed downstairs for a while out of the cold. It was crowded on the lower level of the bus so we had to sit on the edge of seperate seats. I look across after a minute and she's passed out, head dropping, all over the place & nearly falling off the seat! It was hilarious! we'd only been awake for about 19/20 hours!

Corkfeen

I went about 3 days when I was younger. After the exams are over i'll probably be aiming for 3-4 days.;)

jdooley28

stayed awake for 30 hours once.. wasnt very productive at work

Fago!

I didn't sleep a wink last. I hate nights like this. I know if I fall asleep now, I'll wake up at like 3 in the afternoon and won't be able to fall asleep again tonight, thus getting into a shit sleeping pattern.

I got up today/yesterday at 2pm so I'll try stay awake till 10 tonight making it 30 straight hours awake. I reckon I'll lose all of my energy crash at about midday. But I vow to make it till 10pm. Only 16 hours left Wish me luck.

What's the longest you've been awake in a row?

Fago!

Aw

dan719

My record is six days due to exams, four due to *ahem* more social activities. TBH, I went four days last week (study) and was extremely cranky, on about thirty six hours now, and will probably head to bed after a few beers tonight.

Fago!

What's the longest anyone in the world's been awake for?

Soby

Fago! wrote: »

What's the longest anyone in the world's been awake for?

Record was broken recently..check page 2 or so of this thread..Scary to think though ya spend about 24 years of your life..ASLEEP

Fago!

11 Days!?!?!? Jaysus.

FearDark

May I introduce you all to Kenny Vs Spenny, this is one of their episodes, "Who can stay awake the longest"

Erica<3

I've gone about a week without sleeping. It wasn't fun, and it wasn't because of a big drinking sesh or anything, but through worry. Recently it's started again where i might sleep for 45 mins wake up for hours, back to sleep for an hour or two, and then up to get my train

DamienH

I stayed awake one time for 52 hours and that was a bit of a mad experience. Ended up going to the cinema and went to see "Big fish," I think it was called, can't remember much of the film.

About 20 minutes into it, in walked 4 people and sat down the back. After a while I started hearing shouting coming from the back and assumed it was the four so I turned around and looked for them. Anyway this happened all through the film in about 3 minute bursts. I was the only person getting annoyed by it, no one else was turning around or the girl I was next to didn't say anything to me. No one sssshhhhhhhed or anything. Film ended we left.

I slept for about 16 hours after that and the girls who I was with were after going home to Germany. To this day I don't know if someone was actually shouting or if I'd imagined it, a bit of a weird one. These days I'd say I could do about 40 hours if I was active.