How long can you go without sleep.

jdooley28

I woke up todat at about 5 p.m and have to go work soon and i wont get home 'till about 7 pm tonight. Thats 26 hours which i'm sure is nothing to me into a record book for but is long enough for me! So whats the longest ye ever had to go without sleep for for whatever reason?

W.Shakes-Beer

I woke up todat at about 5 p.m and have to go work soon and i wont get home 'till about 7 pm tonight. Thats 26 hours which i'm sure is nothing to me into a record book for but is long enough for me! So whats the longest ye ever had to go without sleep for for whatever reason?

5pm to 7pm....26 hours!?

Wtf...GO BACK TO SLEEP!!

owenc

About 2 days.. which is 48 hours then i'm really tired.

The_Kew_Tour

wayyyyyyyyyy too long and then I complain that dont get any

Archeron

I once worked a straight 36 hour shift in an old job to get an important order out, and it was over a weekend too. 7am Saturday morning to 7pm Sunday night. Taking in driving to and from work, that was aout 39 hours.

I was seeing things by the end of it.

neil_

I've gone around ~40 hours with no sleep a few times. One night with no sleep is pretty manageable for basically everyone, any more than that can be quite tough without chemical assistance.

Ticktactoe

16 hrs .... then I become unbearable!

Barna77

Up to 3 days without sleeping... Insomnia rules my world

Awake since 5am today. Coffee IV asap

Sofiztikated

Mine was in around the 60 something hours.

Woke up at 8 on a Monday morning, couldn't sleep that day, did a night shift that night, home, couldn't sleep as it was too noisy and bright, played the Xbox, went to work that night, came home, got into bed, was wide awake, got out of bed, and me & Mrs drove to Belfast, fecked about there for the day, and came home.

I hit the bed at about 7 that evening. It wasn't too bad, slept til about 7 the next morning.

Sleep is overrated anyway. Most people in my family are insomniacs to some form. My mother has gotten by on about 2 hours sleep a night for the last 30 years.

bonerm

About 3 days. Far less if I've been reading boards.

Kiera

Not long anymore. Have been going to bed very late all week and i'm shattered today.

FUNKY LOVER

scientists still havent discovered why we need sleep,techically the body should be able to live without sleeping.

gsxr1

working 18 hour shifts as stage crew at oxegen last year. 3 days in a row

I was at my wits end.

Roar

not very lo....... zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz

admiralofthefleet

a couple of days then i get very grouchy

Pace2008

Somewhere between 48 and 72 hrs. My mate went longer and lost the plot completely.

ScumLord

I regularly don't sleep for 2 or 3 days, I have trouble sleeping and waking up (once I'm out nothing can wake me) so if it goes past 3 or 4 in the morning and I still haven't managed to go to sleep I just stay up.

Cheap Thrills!

Not very long unless chemically assisted.

I would happily sleep 12 hours a night IF I WAS LET!!

Stupid life interfering with the important business of SLEEPING.

Pace2008

Pace2008 wrote: »

My mate went longer and lost the plot completely.

How so?

token56

If I was pushed I'm sure I could go without a nights sleep etc, but I love my sleep so have absolutely no desire to do so.

Diabhal Beag

32 hours. It all stems from when I thought aliens were going to abduct me when I was 6. Was terrified to go to bed.

Elbow

48 hours or so but jeasus i get cranky, thank fu@k it doesn't happen that often

anniehoo

Sofiztikated wrote: »

Sleep is overrated anyway.

Whaaaaat?? You must be joking, its one of my all time fav things to do.Love bed!

Longest was around 36hrs and i nearly went insane.Went to FatBoy Slim Last year and consumed some head shop purchases ...never never NEVER again!

Pittens

oh I am sure I have stayed awake for more than 48 hours during and after long haul flights. best to stay awake after you come in and sleep at the normal time. Do I feel good, no? Can I function, yes?

How long more can I do it. Dont know, at about 48 hours I start to doze off if sitting down, I certainly should not be driving a car for instance, it would be worse than being drunk.

Run_to_da_hills

Two nights without sleep was my limit.

wayne0308

I was working as a static security guard up in Dublin one time. I had a 24hour stint in a building site up near Blanchardstown. It took 2 hrs to get there from where I was living at the time. I'd usually head to bed soon after getting back. So I used to do in or around 28-29 hours each Sunday for about 2 months. I wouldn't be that physically tired but my eye's would just not stay open after that long awake in complete boredom.

D'Agger

3 days without sleep for a project that I was behind on - wasn't well for a few days after it, sleep patterns were all over the shop!!

banshee_bones

Dunno exactly, longest was probably when travelling so up on about nearly 30 hours id say. Wouldnt do it again but I have a feeling I won't have a choice soon. love my sleep so try not to spend too much time away from my bed

D'Agger

FUNKY LOVER wrote: »

scientists still havent discovered why we need sleep,techically the body should be able to live without sleeping.

It's psychological - the mind needs rest, read somewhere before that keeping soldiers awake for very long periods was used as a torture technique by the Viatnamese on Americans in internment camps - drove alot of them nuts apparently

no1beemerfan

Went to bed around 2am on a thursday...up about 7 am drove 54 miles to work, finished work at 5pm drove almost 150 miles to rosslare.

Got the ferry to pembroke (didn't sleep) landed at 1 am, drove to London (Dartford), there at 7.05 am, picked up what I went for, left at 8 am, back in pembroke at 2.15pm.

Got the ferry back to rosslare (didn't sleep) then drove 100 miles home (was 8 pm then) and when home had to go to a friend to do some work on his car.

It was about 2 am sunday morning when I eventually got to bed.


(And do you want to know why I did all this?? My brother bid on something on ebay and won. But never read the terms and conditions. Had to be collected in person as the seller wouldn't post!! )

ScumLord

PaulieC wrote: »

It's psychological - the mind needs rest, read somewhere before that keeping soldiers awake for very long periods was used as a torture technique by the Viatnamese on Americans in internment camps - drove alot of them nuts apparently

If your doing weight training I find that your muscles stay sore for allot longer if you don't get a proper nights sleep. I'm assuming allot of repair work is done around the body while your asleep.

Banned Account

Funnily enough, the amount of time I can go without sleep is directly proportional to the amount of time I can go without sexings.

Pace2008

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How so?

We were in Ibiza, caining it on all sorts for days on end. After about two sleepless nights I decided to give it a rest and catch a few winks, leaving one of my mates sitting out in the kitchen. He said he'd be turning in himself shortly enough, which I knew was a lie since he was still completely wired, and had a fat bag of MDMA in his pocket that I strongly suspected would be dabbed for the remainder of the night.

He woke us up bright and early the next morning, apparently in top form and cheerfully talking complete cobblers. Throughout the course of the day, this chat progressed from run-of-the-mill cod**** to complete gibberish about cactuses, caterpillars, and talking animals, all of whom were allegedly wearing suits.

Against our better judgement, we brought him down to the nearest bar to have a few pints and bite of food. He sat happily there munching on his pizza, regaling the group of middle-aged women sitting beside us with tales of cactuses, caterpillars, and well-dressed animals. They took it well enough - they were laughing at least - but I'd imagine they were at best bemused and at worst absolutely terrified by the wide-eyed, topless nutter.

Deciding he wasn't fit for public interaction, we walked him back towards the apartment. What should have been a five minute walk took significantly longer as he was intent on examining every wall for caterpillars, and we had to trail behind picking up the apparently unwanted €50 notes he was throwing out of his pockets.

We got back, and completely out of our depth and at a loss as to how to deal with the situation, we suggested he have a cold shower to calm himself down a bit. Cue a solid 20 minutes of listening to him banging off the bathroom walls, roaring at the top of his lungs and intermittently giving a rendition of The Prodigy's Out Of Space. After that, things got darker as the mania turned to paranoia, coming to a head when he broke down and bawled his eyes out for half an hour because, it seemed, we weren't his friends anymore.

After what seemed an eternity, he calmed down a bit and I brought him down to the beach to smoke a joint and chill out. All credit to the man: in the midst of delirium, he managed to roll 2 near-perfect spliffs. We sat there for an hour or so and, toking away and listening to the soothing sound of the sea, he levelled out nicely, though I still had to keep an eye out as he seemed enamored with the idea of swimming out to the lighthouse, which looked about 5 miles away. Crisis averted, we went back to flake on the balcony where he sat contentedly, safe in the knowledge that Clifford the big red dog was watching over him from the apartment across the road.

I suppose it could best be described as a mild episode of psychosis brought about by sleep deprivation, and it was funny and terrifying in equal measure.

Lol, drugs.

arsenallegend

i have gone days without sleep
i'm not a great sleeper and every hour wasted is one hour of your life gone

MitchKoobski

Worked from 8am to 10 pm on a Friday doing a yearly stock-check in work, then went to town to meet up with some friends, ended up at a session where we played Tekken 5 until lunchtime the next day and then I went into town to buy Uncharted 2 and stayed up til the Sunday evening playing it.
Started imagining things around 6pm on the saturday.

Pace2008

Pace2008 wrote: »

We were in Ibiza, caining it on all sorts for days on end. After about two sleepless nights I decided to give it a rest and catch a few winks, leaving one of my mates sitting out in the kitchen. He said he'd be turning in himself shortly enough, which I knew was a lie since he was still completely wired, and had a fat bag of MDMA in his pocket that I strongly suspected would be dabbed for the remainder of the night.

He woke us up bright and early the next morning, apparently in top form and cheerfully talking complete cobblers. Throughout the course of the day, this chat progressed from run-of-the-mill cod**** to complete gibberish about cactuses, caterpillars, and talking animals, all of whom were allegedly wearing suits.

Against our better judgement, we brought him down to the nearest bar to have a few pints and bite of food. He sat happily there munching on his pizza, regaling the group of middle-aged women sitting beside us with tales of cactuses, caterpillars, and well dressed animals. They took it well enough - they were laughing at least - but I'd imagine they were at best bemused and at worst absolutely terrified by the wide-eyed, topless nutter.

Deciding he wasn't fit for public interaction, we walked him back towards the apartment. What should have been a five minute walk took significantly longer as he was intent on examining every wall for catterpillars, and we had to trail behind picking up the apparently unwanted €50 notes he was throwing out of his pockets.

We got back, and completely out of our depth and at a loss as to how to deal with the situation, we suggested he have a cold shower to calm himself down a bit. Cue a solid 20 minutes of listening to him banging off the bathroom walls, roaring at the top of his lungs and intermittently giving a rendition of The Prodigy's Out Of Space. After that, things got darker as the mania turned to paranoia, coming to a head when he broke down and bawled his eyes out for half and hour because, it seemed, we weren't his friends anymore.

After what seemed an eternity, he calmed down a bit and I brought him down to the beach to smoke a joint and chill out. All credit to the man: in the midst of delirium, he managed to roll 2 near-perfect spliffs. We sat there for an hour or so and, toking away and listening to the soothing sound of the sea, he levelled out nicely, though I still had to keep an eye out as he seemed enamored with the idea of swimming out to the lighthouse, which looked about 5 miles away. Crisis averted, we went back to flake on the balcony where he sat contentedly, safe in the knowledge that Clifford the big red dog was watching over him from the apartment across the road.

I suppose it could best be described as a mild episode of psychosis brought about by sleep deprivation, and it was funny and terrifying in equal measure.

Lol, drugs.

And nothing to do with all the MDMA consumed I suppose?

Azureus

When I was bout 12 stayed up for three days straight. Mild bout of insomnia!

Nowadays I love my bed, but work weekends so after sessions on a Fri/Sat night I generally dont go to bed-sometimes one or two hours can leave you feeling more wrecked than just plain staying up-so a few times a month I would go 36-40 hours or so without sleep. Not a bother.

Pace2008

ronoc wrote: »

And nothing to do with all the MDMA consumed I suppose?

Obviously that played a part as well, but hallucinations on that scale are typical of severe sleep deprivation.

Biggins

jdooley28 wrote: »

How long can you go without sleep.

...Well I start off by dozing at the one length of 5 foot something - but in the morning I sometimes wake to find myself arisen a few inches! :eek:
(Thought it said "How long do you go to sleep!")

But to answer the real question: now about 26 hours.

Bajingo

25 hours is the longest as far as I remember, but i'm a cranky arse if I dont get at least 7 hours..

anniehoo

arsenallegend wrote: »

every hour wasted is one hour of your life gone

Again....sleeping is the business ffs! :rolleyes: Not one single minute i spend in my bed is a wasted one zzzzzzzzz

sheesh

my rule is once i start hearing orchestral strings in the noise from the laptop's fan I go to bed

Have gone 30 hours without sleep. not anymore though.

the_barfly1

Narcolepsy FTW

Blushingblue

I think the longest for me has been between 36-40 hours. I get really weird moods around the 24hour mark, like one minute I'm hyper, non stop talking saying random not funny stuff that I think is hilarious then I get a mood and get cranky, confused and really tired...

Seloth

Tis a summer goal to stay up 3 days...two at most.

A friend of mine did for 5,well he had two-3hours sleep at one stage but on a train he thought he was reaching in for a tape...Snapped out nd he was reaching for his Gf fun bags:pac:

Oddly when I've been awake 24 hrs I become really witty.

Doyler92

I reckon I could go without sleep for about three quarters of an hour.

Also Starring LeVar Burton

Used to be able to stay awake for 2-3 days as a teenager... Nowadays, I doubt I could even last 24 hours... I don't try really - I love my leaba...

Faith+1

I have sleep Apneia. I go to "Sleep" for 6-7 hours and am still fooked when I wake up. It's a pain in the ass but I suppose I have to get used to it.:(

Thomas828

When I was 13 I managed to stay awake for 66 hours. I started on a Friday morning, managed to stay awake by reading, drawing and having BBC Radio 2 on - that was the only station that broadcast through the night in those days. I wouldn't do it now, though. I'm too old and sensible (and boring).

Neberkenezer

i done 78hrs once,its a bit personal why i did so we'll leave it at that.

sleep and me dont go hand in hand ,2-3 hrs a night is more than enough for me.

alwaysadub

Was camping the other week-from Friday to Monday i got 4hours sleep in total.
I'm actually getting insomnia a fair bit since i became unemployed. Fair few nights where i don't sleep a wink.