longest youve every stayed awake?

[Alibi]

approaching hour 37 now

[thizzSantaCruz]

good luck with finals

[Reidak]

43 hours, earlier last week

[vqc]

approaching hour 37 now

imo u need at least two hours of sleep before a test.

[givememyleg]

about 48!!!

me and halv sleep weird

[donkbee]

good lord that's a lot of hours

I think I've only done a 24-26 hour period in my history of university, and that was early on. Now I'm near the end and if I'm not ready for something the night before, I say fuck it and just go to sleep.

I'm gonna be doing that tonight, hooray.

[kmind]

Go over 50 and kmizzle gives you mad props...just something to think about...

[donkbee]

go for the world record! i think it's like 10 days or something.

[givememyleg]

go for the world record! i think it's like 10 days or something.

"The record for the longest period without sleep is 18 days, 21 hours, 40 minutes during a rocking chair marathon. The record holder reported hallucinations, paranoia, blurred vision, slurred speech and memory and concentration lapses."

[swiggidy]

I did 60 hours my freshman year. I was then I can't get out of bed sick for 3-4 days. My roommate had a whip and was whipping the air, except he clipped the smoke alarm setting it off. It took over an hour to get a janitor to come up, check it out and fix it. I was too sick to move and wanted him to die a slow painful death.

2nd time in Vegas I slept for 4 hours out of 64 I think. Really I recommend 4 hours a night whether you need it or not. 4-6 is a good amount because you wake up and you're still drunk so you by-pass hangovers.

[thizzSantaCruz]

I love sleep no matter what. And at university like courtie if im not ready the nite before i think i do better getting the right amount of sleep and not studying then staying up and studying.

[Galapogos]

I did 54 hours, working almost the entire time. I used to work two jobs and this was a time where I was finishing one job in favor of a new one, so basically 3 different jobs worth of shifts in that time. I had at most 2 hours between shifts, sometimes less. This was followed up by an awesome 32 hour sleep.

[jmontis]

I've done some stretches at the casino before, and others playing Everquest and shit back in High school.. probably 48 hours

[Halv]

I go 28 hours somewhat regularily whenever I'm trying to get back to a regular sleep schedule. Of course this never works, after a few days I'm all fucked up again.

My longest is probably between 44 and 48 hours during maneuvers when I was in the army. Lack of sleep combined with no food and extremely low temperatures leads to some funny hallucinations - I once radioed in "a company of midgets is approaching our position". Another time I fell asleep while standing and talking to another member of my squad. Yet another time I woke up lying on my back with a snowmobile on top of me - the driver had lost control and flipped over while I was sleeping on the back of it. They thought I'd passed out, but I was just pushed deep into the snow and didn't feel a thing - I just kept sleeping.

Ah, good times .

[will641]

i tripped on acid and didnt go to bed until like 11 the next night, so that makes about 38 hours.

[Halv]

I was then I can't get out of bed sick for 3-4 days.

[thizzSantaCruz]

i tripped on acid and didnt go to bed until like 11 the next night, so that makes about 38 hours.

damn dude you musta done a lot of acid. how many hits was it?

[chardrian]

I think 16 hours is tops for me.

[lolzzz_321]

I smell some sikkk prop bets...

[givememyleg]

hey that sounds kinda fun. anyone wanna prop bet who can stay up the longest????

[givememyleg]

we could require checking into ventrilo or something for proof. man i'd love to get action on this!

[Taxi]

I went on field trip to Tenerife when I was at uni, to look thru telescopes at stars & stuff.
The day started at around 6am, but our flight was delayed so we didnt get to our accommodation till just intime for the evening meal, then we were straight out onto the telescope for the first night.
Worked thru till 6am, and no matter how tired you are going to sleep at 6am is impossible!
I think it was about 30 hours in total, seemed like much longer I suppose cus of the travelling.

I got no more than 3 hours sleep a night (a day I suppose) that whole week.

[will641]

i tripped on acid and didnt go to bed until like 11 the next night, so that makes about 38 hours.

damn dude you musta done a lot of acid. how many hits was it?

3. and it was my first time doing it.

[TheFaucet]

60 hours while I was in Europe

[bigred]

I did this whole thing called paying attention in class...besides your memory is worse without sleep. All night cramming sessions are just dumb. Silly students.

[WillburForce]

back in my clubbing days we'd do all weekenders. Finish work on Friday, get to club about midnight - go to after parties then another club, get home Sunday morning sometime....one time i came back and my whole family where round for Sunday dinner. My Nan was giving me some funny looks - i must have looked a right state........

[spoonitnow]

A long ordeal when I was in high school, I went from Friday morning until Sunday around lunch w/o sleep. So what like 50-54 hours?

[ChrisTheFish]

Around 72 hours, give or take a few hours. Happened a few years back, was fairly messed up @ 50 hours+ tho

[Rondavu]

Pffft, rookies

130+ hours. I think I win. Stayed up for 5+ days straight one time.

[sauce123]

i did 40 or so last weekend which was my record. i woke up puking and thinking my intestines were ripping apart...

[bigspenda73]

There's already been a longest sleep thread right? I fit into that category better, having slept more than 20 hours before.

I'd say for me the max I could stay awake is 24 hours, and that'd be stretching it. In general I'm a very sleepy/tired human being.

[bigred]

Pffft, rookies

130+ hours. I think I win. Stayed up for 5+ days straight one time.

why would you do this?

[a500lbgorilla]

Pffft, rookies

130+ hours. I think I win. Stayed up for 5+ days straight one time.

why would you do this?

Cocaine's a hell of a drug.

[Silly String]

Let's be honest. Up to 36 or so is cake. I did that a couple weeks ago. Once you made it through the first night, your body gets back into waking hour rhythms. You kinda go on cruise control but your body isn't real tired unless you let it shut down, like laying on a couch or something.

Basically wake up Fri. 6am(Normal time) work, go home, hang out, wife goes to bed, play poker all night, baby wakes up at 5am Sat. morning, stay up the rest of the day Sat. and get to bed about 9pm Sat. night.

I also did 66 hours w/ only 5 hours of sleep on my last trip to Vegas. 2 marathon poker sessions, 2 rounds of golf in Vegas' Sept. heat, 2 nights of heavy drinking, & a strip club. I was so wiped I actually fell asleep at a $1200 dinner on Sat. night at Aureole.

[Irisheyes]

44 hours.

I used to do 36 hours every sunday night when I was in college.

[swiggidy]

I used to do 36 hours every sunday night when I was in college.

I was going to say crazy, but like silly said it's not too hard and I remember I used to do it too.

My freshmen/sophomore year my normal bedtime was 3am, so staying awake 3-4 more hours was no big deal, after sunrise it's cake the rest of the day. I used to do this once a week and get all my homework done so I could drink 5-6 nights a week.

[Galapogos]

I did this whole thing called paying attention in class.

No one else found it shocking tht Bigred is the one advocating paying attention in class? Based on your FTR persona, it just doesn't fit.

[bigred]

I'm a jack of all trades

[euphoricism]

I've definitely slept for over 24 hours. I regularly do 16-18 a night.

[Zee Devee]

I've definitely slept for over 24 hours. I regularly do 16-18 a night.

Leaving you 8-6 hours being awake?

Wow.

[Irisheyes]

I used to do 36 hours every sunday night when I was in college.

I was going to say crazy, but like silly said it's not too hard and I remember I used to do it too.

My freshmen/sophomore year my normal bedtime was 3am, so staying awake 3-4 more hours was no big deal, after sunrise it's cake the rest of the day. I used to do this once a week and get all my homework done so I could drink 5-6 nights a week.

Ya like friday and sat night I'd go on a bender and sleep till 3pm on Sunday. So then I wouldn't be able to sleep till like 5am Sunday night and have to be up at 8 for college. When you get to the point where your only gonna get to sleep for 3 hours or less then you're better off just staying awake IMO.

[euphoricism]

I've definitely slept for over 24 hours. I regularly do 16-18 a night.

Leaving you 8-6 hours being awake?

Wow.

No. When school isnt in session (now) my "day" isnt 24 hours long since I have nothing I need to wake up in the morning for. I'd estimate I average close to 16 hours awake, 16 hours asleep which makes like 36 hours in a "day".

[Halv]

When you get to the point where your only gonna get to sleep for 3 hours or less then you're better off just staying awake IMO.

I used to think like this too, but I suspect it's not very good thinking at all. Usually what would happen is I'd be falling asleep during class, deciding to just say fuck it and go home a few hours early, go to sleep at like 2pm and then be fucked for the rest of the week. I really think I'd be better off sleeping from 5AM to 8AM and then riding it out until like 10pm.

Nowadays I just go to sleep when Im tired and wake up whenever .

[bigred]

I've definitely slept for over 24 hours. I regularly do 16-18 a night.

Leaving you 8-6 hours being awake?

Wow.

No. When school isnt in session (now) my "day" isnt 24 hours long since I have nothing I need to wake up in the morning for. I'd estimate I average close to 16 hours awake, 16 hours asleep which makes like 36 hours in a "day".

That much sleep doesn't seem right at all.

[boost]

I've definitely slept for over 24 hours. I regularly do 16-18 a night.

Leaving you 8-6 hours being awake?

Wow.

No. When school isnt in session (now) my "day" isnt 24 hours long since I have nothing I need to wake up in the morning for. I'd estimate I average close to 16 hours awake, 16 hours asleep which makes like 36 hours in a "day".

That much sleep doesn't seem right at all.

When I wasnt in school I would fall into a similar schedule. Its very bad for your mental health I can assure you. You develop this feeling that you are tumbling, time being a very steep snow covered mountain. It doesnt hurt, but all that tumbling is tiring, you just want to stop and have a rest. Its a very strange feeling.

As for my longest, Its definitely 60+ hours. When I used to be into starcraft back in the day I would get home from school and play all through the night, then go the school in the morning. I still remember being in class and hearing zerglings and stim packing marines, "sttttahhhhhhh yeah!" Im pretty sure that I burnt myself out early in my life. I find it increadibly difficult to do more than 20 hours nowadays.

[euphoricism]

I went to bed around 7 am. There is some dude in my house with a shopvac doing god knows what. It is 11 am now.

And I'm going to stab a bitch.

[bigred]

Live like the rest of the world or get used to it?

[EvIlK3Rn3L]

go for the world record! i think it's like 10 days or something.

world record is 11 days, most i ever done was 9 and a half... i regularley go 2 or 3 days, any longer than 3 and you start seeing black cats out the corner of your eye and other sorts of mild halucinations

[euphoricism]

'mornin FTR.

Went to bed around 8am, awoke to a phone call at 3:30 pm. I'm grumpy.