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40+ Hours awake? (how long have you stayed up at one time?)

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snubnose:

--- Quote from: MrMonk on 25 Aug 2009, 06:00 ---The "sweet spot" is an illusion.

--- End quote ---
We would never have guessed that one ! The comic states the complete opposite.

charybdis:
I don't remember the actual hour count, but it was approximately 4 1/2 days, no caffiene except for a cup of tea on day two. Finals week and a jerk of a boss that scheduled me 40hrs. Results? Shot my immune system so badly I caught walking pnuemonia two days later and basically did nothing but sleep for two weeks

harniq:
My record was a 48hours lanparty. Started at 6pm, got up that day at 7am (school). Me and a friend betted to sit it out without sleeping. It should have ended sunday 6pm but got extended until 8pm. At 8.30 I was sleeping like Cinderella.

Liberal use of golden power does help as does "getting over your sleep". When you're awake for 20+ hours there's some time where sleeping is nigh impossible. Then come the microsleeps at around 30-40 hours. At first a split second. At 50 hours just closing your eyes and opening them again can take up to ten seconds and alot of effort to not just fall asleep on the spot.

I usually skip a night every couple of weeks. It's just a waste of time anyways and once every month or so won't hurt. When you've been DJ'ing until 10am including disassembling there no real point to sleeping anymore, just messes up biorythym. I know that one night's rest of eight hours is enough to fix a night without sleep.

And then there's the nights where a girl just won't let you sleep. Those are the most exhausting.

I know there's probably health concerns, but not sleeping and getting work done is preferable over alcohol, smoking or drugs all of which I rarely if at all do. So I got some wiggle room.

maddness:
Recently? I'd say 44 hours. Last night I only slept 3 hours and, if my kids are to be believed, I've been microsleeping this morning.

When I was a kid I had chronic insomnia and would stay awake for days on end. My mother tells me that I stayed awake for over a week when I was 6 and that there were hallucinations and delirium. I don't remember it. I've had recurring episodes of depression all my life and I don't know whether the insomnia caused the depression or the depression caused the insomnia. All's I know is that I haven't had a major episode of depression or insomnia in years and for that I am truly grateful.

t3hsteph:
I hit up 36 hours, it was a combination of working backshifts and my inability to sleep during daylight!

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