Discussion What is the longest time you have gone without Sleep?

[TAW122]

Probably 32 hours and then suddenly I just dozed off for like 2-3 hours and during the day I had small microsleeps because I was really, really tired. Mind you this was about 8 years ago.

 

[sadsoul]

42-44 hours I think, and I actually went to school even though I was really tired

 

[Walilamdzi]

4 days, I think. It had pretty bad effects.

 

[wraith2020]

6 or 7 days before. Using drugs of course though. I started hallucinating as well.

 

[Jeannine]

Little bit over three days. I was on the bus and I swear I saw a pig on the road.

 

[Wayfaerer]

Gone without sleep at all? Like, not even 30 minutes of sleep? Then my record is 4 days (done 3-4 times this year). They were all stressful as fuck.

 

[Mort]

Um sum of you guys bin a long time without sleep. But little old me this was down to the amount of painkillers I was on tramadol i think . First of it makes you drowsy but then it flips round to you cant sleep . And as i was takeing so much at the time i could not dry out to gett sleep . I ended up not sleeping for two hole weeks ops LOL . Ended up in hospital having a mental breakdown due to the lack of sleep. I could no longer tell what was really and what was a not . What was happening was i was having nightmares when I was awake:( bad times indeed took me 3 months in hospital to recover sort of better now HAHA :) LOL

 

[mathieu]

Pretty sure it was about 5 days on meth.

 

[Forest Fire]

I did 4 days straight but that was on the back of a month of getting 1 or 2 hours sleep every other day. didn't drink or eat at all for the last two days either. Had hallucinations including tornadoes in my room and that half of my head was collapsed. I was also experiencing the sensation of my body being stretched and then compressed every couple of seconds. I'm not sure if the next bit was real but I ended up in hell and had a glowing orb asking me if I was ready to die or not. I said no and next thing I was back in my room looking down on myself. After a couple of seconds I was back in my body again.
I was informed by a family member i took 15mg of mirtazapine the next 3 nights and slept about 18 hours each time!
That was about 3 years ago and I never really recovered from that experience. one of the main reasons im on this site.

 

[NeCkDeEp]

32 hours I can't stay awake longer than that

 

[Brick In The Wall]

Maybe 3 or so days without the assistance of anything to help. In my state you're legally insane if you don't sleep for 48 hours. I'm keeping that in mind just in case, you never know when you might need to plead insanity!

 

[RealLostSoul]

20 hours

 

[Deleted member 1465]

Seven days with zero sleep.
Three years with one to two hours a night.
My perceptions of life are now somewhat unusual.

 

[JustVisiting]

Maybe 3 or so days without the assistance of anything to help. In my state you're legally insane if you don't sleep for 48 hours. I'm keeping that in mind just in case, you never know when you might need to plead insanity!

Wow, legally insane after no sleep for 48 hours? I need to research that!

 

[Moonicide]

About 3 days before I was diagnosed with Bipolar 2.

 

[Squiddy]

2 days

 

[TearyEyedQueen]

I think it was in high school before an exam, 36 hours or so...

 

[Wayfaerer]

welp, looks like I'll be going another 48 hours without sleep because of phenibut withdrawal. I used 2-day shipping and then it became 5 days lol. Why do I have to run out and get money at the most inopportune times?

 

[mattwitt]

72 hours and I felt so completely miserable. And on the other hand I think I slept for 24 hours straight once.

 

[Wayfaerer]

Seven days with zero sleep.
Three years with one to two hours a night.
My perceptions of life are now somewhat unusual.

Three years with one to two hours a night?! How are you alive??? Most I've ever done was 4 days but I got like an hour or two nap in otherwise it would've been 7 days.

 

[Deleted member 1465]

Three years with one to two hours a night?! How are you alive??? Most I've ever done was 4 days but I got like an hour or two nap in otherwise it would've been 7 days.

I'm surprise too. And I don't expect anyone to believe me or understand. Turns out you don't need sleep as much as you think you do. I'm seriously fucked up though. Anyway sleep is the least of my worries

 

[passenger27]

Not quite sure. I have bipolar 1 so there's no telling how little sleep I miss when I have a major manic spell. 3 or 4 days and nights maybe. I feel too elated to sleep, I'm too busy doing stupid shit.

 

[Roberto]

3 days with 14, no coffee just gaming lol

other times about 2-3 days because of depression

48hours. Playing starcraft. Then I went to run. No drugs, or coffee or energetic drinks. And after that I went to sleep.

 

[Final Escape]

Not very long, not even on meth. I still had to go to bed.

 

[EmptyMan]

Prob 36 hours
But why would u do that on porpuse ?

 

[mediocre]

I just about reached 40 hours one time...

 

[dead-yaga]

3ish days? methamphetamines help. but a lot of times i cant help involuntarily passing out. i used to like sleep so much.

 

[ChronicallyCynical]

2-3 days... so maybe around 48-72 hours.
Most times when I don't fall asleep for longer than 24 hours, it's only around 36 hours.
I'm pretty low energy/low-stamina, though, so maybe that's why I don't typically manage more.

 

[Seered Doom]

56-70hrs
It was for a contest to see who could stay up longest between me and a friend. I won by a long shot. Insomnia be a bitch though.