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JustinR

02-21-2002, 02:04 AM

How long can one last without sleep?? I think my record was 40 hours once.

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sketchy

02-21-2002, 03:02 AM

chemically stimulated or naturally?

chemically......although i dont reccomend this to anyone....in college during krystal meth period i was up for 9 days. by the 5 day and the 4th night of undregrounds i started seeing things a little off, by the 9 th day full on hallucinations and paranoia.

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JustinR

02-21-2002, 03:23 AM

ahh...no drugs! :)

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JerryTaker

02-21-2002, 05:56 AM

by the 9 th day full on hallucinations and paranoia

That's odd, I usually get that after being awake for about 3 hours...

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impactplayer2k1

02-21-2002, 07:08 AM

the longest i've gone was 52 hours.

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CovDiesel

02-21-2002, 07:08 AM

I can stay up for at least 6 hours before I need to sleep.

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furie

02-21-2002, 07:23 AM

my record was 49 hours.

oh that was a good sleep after that!

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JerryTaker

02-21-2002, 07:31 AM

Honestly, I never used to keep track in Hours, just exams. I think My record was 5 exams, 3 papers...

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TheGameHHH

02-21-2002, 08:29 AM

Damn you guys are good, I can hardly go through a 50 minute class without catching a nap.

IT'S TIME TO PLAY THE GAME-AHHH!

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FUNKMAN

02-21-2002, 08:53 AM

Til they "came" 3 times...

:)

Then it's nap time...

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HordeKing1

02-21-2002, 10:22 AM

My personal record was about 3 days and nights while studying for the NY and NJ Bar exams.

I couldn't even think of going more than 48 hours now, and only then under dire circumstances.

Here's an interesting bit of information and trivia.
"According to sleep specialist Dr. Tom Bond, the director of the Sleep Disorders Center for Adults and Children in the Williamsburg Community Hospital, a continual lack of sleep can lead to anything from irritability and nausea to, in an extreme case, death.

Bond, who holds a doctorate in clinical psychology, explains that staying awake for more than 20 days will probably result in death. He notes, however, that the current world record for staying awake is 11 days."

I recall studies where sleep was permitted but REM sleep was not. It caused temporary psychosis.

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