5 Days Without Sleep

that was cool

My personal record was a little over 72 hours when I was in my early twenties. As I recall, toward the tail end of that ordeal, I was experiencing full on visual and auditory hallucinations that seriously impaired my ability to function and interact with others (...luckily I didn't have to drive or operate heavy machinery). Now that I'm in my early forties I can barely go for thirty hours without some kind of downtime or sleep.

The surprising thing (...from my perspective, at least) is that I seem to be able to operate efficiently with a bit less sleep than when I was younger. I work a third-shift job and that means rather weird and inconsistent sleep schedules, so I suppose my body has adapted to this by getting the most out of the sleep that I'm able to get. Also, I've learned the value of napping when I get the chance; an hour of sleep or quiet meditation and I'm usually good for the next ten or fifteen hours.

So how long did he sleep for after he fell asleep?

i don't really recall, i think i felt a lot better for having had some sleep, but i was still crazy as a loon, that i know. i was still hearing voices on the static between channels informing me of government conspiracies for 9 months after i quit doing the dope. (i was actually up for a total of 4 months with a day or two of sleep about once a month. it really got to be hell staying up (messed with my head bad) (not to mention i got so scary crazy that even the scary crazy people wouldn't come visit me even if i paid them..) lol Talk about looped!

I can do 2 days max; kudos to you.

How did you feel after hibernating for 30 hours?

ah me and a couple of friends did this in high school to get naturally high, it was actually pretty fun, we played halo online every night to help stay awake

oh yes, and i slept for a week straight afterwards... serious1

oh. to the guy who says you can't communicate after 48 hours, hogwash! i have spent way more time awake than just 5 days, yes,i ingested chemicals that made it possible, but i tell you the truth, i have spent more than 30 DAYS!! awake. yes, i got quite psychotic, but i was quite able to communicate run around & do crazy stuff. it goes like this, after 7 days, you start hallucinatingi know that around 30 days, while my body was awake & running around, my mind was both awake and dreaming at the same time! i thought i was the captain of the starship enterprise.. i even went in to radio shack and demanded that the clerk sell me some phasers!! and yes, i was committed to a psych hospital after that! 5150 - a danger to yourself and or others.,..

I have to try that once, but it can't be healthy. I have a secret weapon: coffee and energy drinks.

no way you cant even verbaly communicateafter 48 hrs. i know he fell asleep had too.but still a good pod and ive been threw the whole seeing people thing not cool when your driving scare the shit out of you

What a tweeker.

i went 50 hours once just to induce sleep deprived halucinations.... i saw one and called it 2 days. passed out for 1 day.

'5 Days without Sleep' aka finals week.

But really, at least I was able to sleep at least 2-4 hours every night most of the time. I'm sure that makes a world of difference.

P.S. I'd like to sign up for whatever dance club you were in.

After watching that I was struck with one question I really feel should be answered: How long do you sleep after staying up for that long?

Man, I can't imagine. 3 days was my record and that was ridiculous.

Well, know you know what it's like. For me, it was five whole days without sleep after watching Obama's "State of the Union" speech. All I could think was "This clown is leader of the Free World"? Now you know why I couldn't sleep!

this is crazazy -- I can't believe how intense sleeplessness can be! 56 hours is my personal record, but then again, I had no choice: I needed to win back my rent money ...