Longest period awake: 30 hours. Around 18-20 hours, I start talking really fast and around 25-30, I start getting really jittery. And my body has next to zero tolerance for caffeine, so I don't drink it.Queen Michael said:I just woke up. I went to sleep at 07:30 AM, and I woke up about half an hour ago, at 09:30 PM. So that's 14 hours of sleeping, which is the longest I ever slept.
Last week I stayed awake for 46 hours, without any other help than habanero chips. Longest period of waking ever.
What's the longest you've ever been awake, and the longest you've slept?
EternityTransfer said:139 hours awake. (5 days, 19 hours)
That nearly killed me. I was okay after 20 hours. Around the 35-hour mark, fine co-ordination began to be difficult (writing, or picking up small objects was tricky). Near to 50 hours, I began to feel sluggish when I moved, and also began to black out for a few seconds at a time. At roughly 80 hours, the need to sleep was like a constant ache, and I couldn't really think. After that I felt less of a need to sleep, but the blackouts were more frequent, even if I was doing something (as opposed to just sitting). I also started to hallucinate - I was hearing and seeing things. At around 120 hours, I began to black out more frequently, but for shorter times - almost like tiny flickers where my brain seemed to switch off and back on again, and even thinking was difficult.
The strange thing was, even at that late stage, I was still partially functional - I was awake during a fire in my hometown, and over those days we managed to keep most of it under control, even with the intense disadvantages that came with the sleep deprivation.
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29 hours asleep.
This time was unremarkable - I remember nothing, don't even remember a single dream. How boring.
See, this is what I always hear, but I KNOW i was awake for five days straight, and the only effect I noticed was fatigue and short temper. What does that mean?KimberlyGoreHound said:The longest I've ever slept is about 12 hours, and that's with tons of Haldol, Seroquel, Olanzapine and Zopiclone in me. Longest I've been awake us about 5 days. By that time, my psychosis combined with the sleep-deprived hallucinations made me paranoid that there were gnomes in my shower. Fucking gnomes. In my fucking shower. I had to squat pee over the sink in the kitchen, and could not go in the bathroom for any reason, cos you don't fuck with gnomes. Then I fell asleep and it was nice.
I think it's kinda like trying to kill yourself by holding your breath. Eventually you will pass out and start breathing. Likewise, unless drugged or suffering a condition you will eventually pass out and sleep. In fact after about 20 hours awake you begin having microsleep's which are completely unnoticeable and last about 30 to 60 seconds. During this time you effectively black out without realizing it, which is exactly why they say not to drive while tired.JackWestJr said:Nothing special. How/why do some of you people posting stay awake for almost a week!? Its pretty damaging for your health I have heard, and it will kill you if you stay awake for over a week............. Imma give it a go.