What's the longest amount of time you've stayed awake for?

[BaronXS]

I once stayed up for 48 hours, when Guitar Hero 3 came out, to have a huge marathon with my friends.

 

[Radeonx]

Around 60 hours, when during the nights I'd read books, or play some of my old games. (Atari 2600 games) During the day I'd function in society the same way I always do.

 

[Blackadder51]

Only 36hrs

 

[Flying-Emu]

I'm running on... 32 right now.

 

[XJ-0461]

Probably about a day and a half. I'm a lightweight.

 

[Insomniac55]

40 is the best I've done... Stayed up from 7 am one day to 11 pm the day after the next day. Coca-Cola helped make it easier.

 

[jmorourke80]

6 days. It wasn't related to gaming in any way though, except for the fact that I did play a lot of of games to kill the time. I'd just heard that you go crazy if you stay awake for a fortnight so I wanted to test the theory... judging my the paranoia I was experiencing, and the fact I was seeing things, by the 5th day it's very likely that it's true.

 

[Lexodus]

Three days, give or take a few hours. I'd broken my arm badly and they'd sedated me so much during the op that I couldn't sleep for the rest of the week.

 

[BaronXS]

6 days. It wasn't related to gaming in any way though, except for the fact that I did play a lot of of games to kill the time. I'd just heard that you go crazy if you stay awake for a fortnight so I wanted to test the theory... judging my the paranoia I was experiencing, and the fact I was seeing things, by the 5th day it's very likely that it's true.

I know what you're saying. After the 48 hours, I kept hearing the song scrolling sound in my mind. I was seriously scared.

 

[megapenguinx]

About 78 hours is my record

 

[gh0ti]

After about 60 hours I had a minor psychotic break. Got it into my head that my little brother had died and kept on muttering that it was all my fault.

Scariest few minutes of my life. Luckily I just kind of passed out and woke up feeling fine.

 

[PuffTheMagicDragon]

I'm running on... 32 right now.

Thats my answer - Hi 5 XD

[EDIT] But ive done 48 hours easily... i blame myself for my own addiction to WoW ^^

 

[IxionIndustries]

Uhh.. Well, during double XP weekend on City of Heroes, I stayed up for 3 nights straight. I went from level 17 to 38 in that time span.

 

[uhgungawa]

Drug and alcohol related teen years .... WEEKS

after that, during an emergency for the Fire Dept. was for 3 days at a call for a damn break and flooding

 

[Kawakta4890]

Don't remember how long it was, but I read the Lord of the rings trilogy in one go.
More than a day atleast...

 

[The Infamous Scamola]

About 24 hours.

What can I say, I love sleeping too much.

 

[Zacharine]

In one session, around 40 h. The worst case of not sleeping was during a military excersice however, designed to take us to our limits and beyond. 7 days of camping in the forest, attack and defending, digging potholes and having lessons about tellermines etc. We got a total of 10h of sleep during that week... By the end, to stop moving was to fall asleep while standing and eyes open. The level of coherent thought from us was 'just follow the backpack in front of me. Just follow the backpack and everything will be fine.' and we were honest to god starting to hallucinate and see dreams while awake.

After that particular excersice, back at the barracks, we all slept 12 hours, were awakened for food and then given 24h free. Most of us slep at least 18h of that...

 

[Samurai Goomba]

About 48 hours? Maybe? Can't remember. When I go more than 24 without sleep I start to enter an alternate reality.

Fortunately I'm not an insomniac at present, but it's a constant problem for me.

 

[Slike_]

Finishing a school project took me 36 hours, a little longer then I expected. Happens a lot though...