Discuss: How many days can you go without sleep and not go crazy?

[Mike03]

I have no opinion on this, but I am yearning for the opinions of others who are more knowledgeable in this area.

[some guy]

1. .75

I have no idea what the average is, but .75 days for me.

:)

[KitchenWitch]

2. When I was younger, I could go about 48 hours

Now I am sure it is far less.

[cobalt1999]

3. On my mostly sleepless business trips to Europe...

I'm pretty loopy by day 3. In fact, I tell people I can't be held responsible for any commitments I make on day 3!

[ohiosmith]

4. The longest I ever went without sleep was four days. It was a drug binge involving

a lot of acid, meth and other assorted uppers. I eventually passed out on a friend's front lawn. I slept for two days, then started all over again. According to other participants I went nuts in about 12 hours.

Oh the memories.

[lost-in-nj]

5. Wait

you remember that???????


:silly: :silly:
lost

oh yeah

WHERE IS THE WORD OF THE DAY POST!!!!?????

[ohiosmith]

8. Most of my memory has been refreshed by former associates.

Word of the day is on double secret probation. I got in serious shit for the last one.

[Mike03]

9. LOL

Ah, a Hunter S. Thompson type situation.

I should have set parameters to my question. Without any pharmaceutical help, how many days can a person safely and sanely go without sleep, without a reduction in mental response or deterioration of mood or alertness?

[ohiosmith]

11. Where's the challenge in that?

[Redstone]

6. With amphetamines, or without? I've done three days, but it was "with."

Redstone

[Mike03]

12. Eh, without

That doesn't mean I wouldn't try to get them if I knew how... (insert smilie emoticon here).

No, I one of those poor bastards who turns to caffeine pills if necessary.

[Drum]

7. With me it's crazy about midway into the third day.

I don't recommend it. But if I can recover for a week I can do it again, when I have to.

:shrug:

[SPKrazy]

10. about one

or two

with no sleep your brain will sleep anyway and you will dream aka hallucinate

even with amphetamines i couldnt go more than a day without some rest

[lost-in-nj]

13. I'm not going days without sleep

but I go to bed at 11 and I am up at 4 everyday
and its reeking havoc with my temperment, and just everyday life.....


been a while since I had a full nights sleep



lost

[Mike03]

14. That's closer to what I'm doing

It's very hard to get to sleep, and when I do it's only three or four hours--five at best--and then I'm up at three or four, and that is when I get up to start my day. That poor schedule, coupled with four hours of exercise and a not very good diet, I feel like I'm falling apart right now. Also, the new thing is intense anxiety, which is ruining my yoga, which used to really relax me.

[GreenPartyVoter]

15. None. I am bipolar and that is real good way to screw myself up.

[Dangerously Amused]

16. Longest I've been awake was three days running in undergrad.

With the help of caffeine alone. I could function on a basic level, but I began hallucinating. Which was freaky and somewhat amusing.

[DarkTirade]

17. Go?

[triguy46]

18. I have one 48 hour stretch in my history...

and I was hearing voices. I have a ton of 36 hour stretches with no probs whatsoever, other than the frickin' frustration that insomnia causes.

[av8rdave]

19. I've gone 4...I was on the verge by then!

[RedSpartan]

20. My longest was about three days

in high school. Got up, went to school, pulled an all-nighter for a test, went to school, flew to Europe for a class trip that evening, arrived in the morning there, up all day and most of that night, then finally to bed. Good times.

[porphyrian]

21. When you say "go crazy," how many fingers am I holding up? -n/t

[jberryhill]

22. Auditory hallucinations kick in at around 40 hours here /nt

[jmm]

23. I could easy go a few days provided I stay busy.

It's only when I go long stretches of time without much sleep that I start to lose it. I remember once while in college bursting into tears while watching CSPAN. After sobbing for a few minutes I realized I had only had about 12 hrs of sleep that week. I canceled my plans for the night and got some much needed rest.