New what happens when you stay up too long

[Khedive Rex]

Wow, am I the only one who is largely unaffected by lack of sleep?

The hallucination thing looks like fun but honestly when I haven't slept for a good 48 hours all that really happens is I start messing with the people who decide talk with me. Trust me though, in real life I'm very good at confusing the people I meet. I can get that good old confused stammer in under a minute if I'm really going for it.

 

[Souplex]

Sleep deprevation has an interesting affect on me. I call it jello skello. Its the most awesome feeling in the world to feel your bones actually jiggle.
*Update as of 3:38 a.m. entering day three without sleep* My eyes feel like they are in a vice grip.
Update 3:40 a.m.* My teeth are getting itchy.

 

[Souplex]

It has been a lifelong dream of mine to take a day long nap, as of yesterday I am depriving myself of sleep to get as tired as possible.

 

[Souplex]

I used to be bothered by the constant need to sleep. Then a guy hocking his pills for drug money turned me on to Nosleepatall tm!

Now I am far more productive and can do whatever it is people do at 4 a.m.
*Gets handed a bag of money*

 

[rottenbutter]

When I stay up to long I get really energetic, on edge, paranoid, and loose the rest of my sanity.

 

[Calobi]

I've found that about 2 days without sleep is perfect for LAN parties. Went to Nor'Easter this year and stayed up the night before practicing with some friends. Got there and stayed up the whole weekend. My twitch reflexes were awesome. Being able to walk in a straight line or communicate coherently, not so much

 

[imperialwar]

i used to pull all nighters all the time during my hardcore gamer period / unemployed bum period. ( 4 years )
to this day i now average 10 hours a day sleep.
as for halucinations and such: damn i must have missed out on those.
um if i remember 80 hours was my record. and that included physical labor work on two "days". ( for me a bender like that is one long day with night part and day parts ).
I recently did a 24 hour marathon, the last 1/2 watching the entire first season of heroes. I had trouble relating to reality when i went out to check the mail and had discordant detatchment when going down the deli. These are mild forms of psycosis for the uninitiated. Just shows i am getting old and can't pull stunts like that anymore.
I also have a diagnosed panic disorder, wether or not this is attributed to my old sleeping habits is unfounded. The psych just focused on my taking ritalin in doses of 5tabs to stay awake.

 

[Magus44]

I've just hit hour 40. Had an assignment due 5pm yesterday, its now 1am. Didnt sleep last night. Dont know what my record is either.
Not much happens to me though. I was working in customer service this morning, and I was droppping in and out of ZZZ on my feet. Was lolz. Then got my second wind.
I just feel slightly tired, maybe slightly less coordinated. And I have HUGE bags under my eyes.

 

[ACM_Shadow]

you dont die if you stay awake for 5'ish days, i think the record for staying awake aka: insomnia is around 11 days, then again ive gone 72 hours straight once, will never do it again, those faries(ie:halucinations) were wierd. 24-48 hours, get a bit twichy, moody etc, but still good at FPS's, strat games go down the tube. 48-72 sleep hazard, felt like i was gonna faint when i saw the faries, i eventually did faint.

 

[traceur_]

I can't go more than 24 hours without sleep, at 22 hours I start to feel sick.

 

[Sharpeye42]

nearly three days awake and a soon as i hit my bed i fell a sleep.

 

[Olivia Ferguson]

so im going to try to stay up for about 2 or 3 days(without caffine,alittle bit of sugar maybe..lol). so far its been about 22 hours and the thing thats kept me the most awake was reading everybodys we;ird stories on here, but all i can do is laugh alottt at them.. idk ill keep you guys posted

 

[Olivia Ferguson]

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[FamoFunk]

I've done a weekend (Friday morning - Sunday afternoon) a number of times when I was 16; it was spent drinking from the moment I got out of school, to when I got home Sunday from a house party I'd been at all weekend.

I'd sleep Sunday from about 4pm-9pm, then be up 'til about 11pm and go back to bed, up at 9am Monday and late for school.

I survived better off that with no effects, than having broken sleep for a week.

 

[Zack Alklazaris]

When I was taking Adderal for my ADHD as a kid I would have a problem sleeping. This was awesome because I was a gamer. So I would play for days straight during vacation. My record was 4 days 6 hours. It was during the Christmas season. I remember going to church to watch my sister sing in chorus and slowly passing out in the pews (church seats) as I fought to stay awake. I started to see papers in front of me. But they were holographic in nature (I could see through them) I thought it was homework and I kept reaching out to grab them, but I just couldn't seem to grasp them.

I came home my parents said we could open our presents. Instead I walked to my room and began to walk towards my bed. I don't remember the rest, but I woke up laying on top of my sheets on my bed fully clothed shoes and all.

For an 11 year old to skip opening Christmas presents to sleep I must of been beyond tired.

 

[Christian McGee]

I don't know about you guys but I have stayed awake for 52 hours and felt fine just a little tired, maybe I'm different but you guys are making this seem way to extreme, staying awake for extended periods of time does not hurt you unless you strain yourself to do crazy things, i played video games and also went to 2 soccer practices throughout the 52 hours and just felt tired.

 

[Padwolf]

I used to have insomnia, brought on by stress. It didn't make me do anything stupid or see anything crazy. I was cured of it, then I had to do an allnighter for university work. The most that made me do was see everything in pink for a few minutes.Staying up that long makes me think about life and things I have got to do and it makes me depressed. It also made me feel really unclean and really unhealthy. I don't see the point in it myself unless it is a dire situation. It sounds stupid and so very pointless. You can hallucinate while you sleep!

 

[PinkiePyro]

i am a lightwight in lack of sleep if i miss even one night i crash by 11:00 am

 

[bobmus]

Meh, I pull a lot of 36 hours without sleep - some nights you just got to finish some work and watch a movie, ya know?
Never really bothers me all that much, I just get tired slightly earlier than I usually would in a day.

 

[Black Arrow Officer]

From what I've read so far in this thread, you people are most certainly insane. If I stay up any later than 11:00, my subconscious mind DRAGS my ass to bed. Going without sleep for days on end, playing video games the entire time? I can't play a game for more than 3 hours without feeling like shit.