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How long is the longest you have stayed awake for?   I have just past 29 hours. I had to do some work last night and didn't get a chance to sleep.

I felt abit tired around lunch time. But I feel calm and alert now.

I will have a longer sleep than normal tommorow morning untill around 10am

I've been up since 4am yesterday.  I no longer know which end is up, time wise... our flight to Sweden (where Snoopy and I are hanging around the Norwegian Open) left at 7:20 and we just didn't get around to sleeping... so that's 40 hours and counting.  Just trying to stay awake til around midnight or the 1pm start tomorrow is going to make for heavy going! 

It's good to know others share this kind of trouble.  Isn't sleep great?

As a student (many years ago), some friends & I had a bet on who could stay awake the longest. Well I lasted (I think) 56 hours, the winner was about 62 hours. I remember periods of hallucination, strange euphoria & periods of feeling sick. I also remember that I vowed never to take on this sort of bet again.

Staying awake for ridicolous lengths of time 48 hours+ can cause long term brain damage.

Mind you, so can everything these days.

long term brain damage? lol hows that?

thank god I could only do 39 hours without sleep ;) 

I coulda told you a couple days ago, but I've forgotten now.  >:?

Can't find my keys either, what's that about????????

I managed 52 hours once, but it was pretty horrific at the end.

It can totally change you as a person too. I used to study Psychology, sleep and dreaming was my favourite topic and we learnt about this. Can't remember the details but a radio presenter tried it, caused lots of problems.

Flushy tried it and it made him think he could play poker  :D

He made some decent coin that session I believe. Hats off to the punk.

About 10 years ago when my insomnia was really bad I used to get by on around three hours kip every other night. Occasionally i wouldn't be able to sleep at all and be up for three days. It gets to the point you're almost too tired to sleep, if that makes sense. Nowadays I'm the opposite. As a wise man said: I need eight hours a day and 10 at night  :D

Never have been one for sleeping much - even now.

Dont think I could stay awake for 48hrs + though

However, on average, 4-5 hours sleep per night was enough, but recently this has needed to increase! Oh the signs of old age  ;tk;

i once done about 65hours without sleep on a trip to germany to see celtic, i quite enjoyed the monged feeling! 8)

you can get it every weekend by watching celtic

get what?, edit, i see what youre talking about now, sorry

Going qwithoyt sleep can be very dangerous.

When I was working "flat out", I twice fell asleep whilst driivng due to fatigue. Stupid, selfish, but true.

Oddly, both times I was on the same stetch of the M62, (by British Car Auctions, somewher near Brafford I recall) and both times my car rolled over & ended up on te embankment upside down. The Police arrived after the first one "had a blowout Son?", " "err, yes, I think so" I said. Phew!

how old was the copper ;tk;

He looked about 12. But then they all do, to me.

Bout 20hrs! Hardcore or what?

i have stayed awake for over 5 days

Was that in the Japanese PoW camp?

Or just a really good book?

Ouch, I can sympathise Tikay.
My longest was - waking up on a friday at around midday, driving 300 miles, doing two allnighters, driving home sunday doing another allnighter and falling asleep around 6pm on monday evening - where I lay until tuesday afternoon - although I did wake up in the morning with a distinct lack of eyebrows and nail varnish where there was none before....

The drive home was horrendous - I felt very drowsy and stopped at a service station for a walk around and coffee.
Anyone who's been a student will know the "I'll catch 15 mins sleep then do the rest". - This thought when you're driving a car ie "I'll shut my eyes for a sec and I'll feel better" when you're on the point of sleep deprivation is pretty bad. Luckily I had a drum n bass CD and I put my car stereo on maximum volume - it just about managed to keep me awake.

Since then I've been a bit more sensible ;)

So adding it up, I think about 104 hours.

The key to getting past the phase where you are sat down in a chair and you literally cannot keep your eyes open is to keep your brain active you literally HAVE to be doing something.


Ironside has me whupped though.

i had the unfortunate postion in my unit of not being a driver

on my first exerise before i knew the ropes i ended up staying awake for 5 days before opening my mouth

when we were moving (always at night)i was a passenger in a 10 tonne truck my job was to keep the driver awake

when we arived into our night location as passenger i had to give the drivers a chance to sleep so i would go on guard

when it was time for me to be relieved it would also be breakfast so after having a S.S.S. and scoff i would then have to go and work in the office (back of a truck where we set up all the computers etc) after dinner i would have to stag on to let the drivers sleep before the night drive then keep them awake etc etc etc, after 5 days and seeing all sorts of funny stuff i got ordered to sleep when my driver told my boss that he didnt think i had been to sleep since the start of the exercise

Keith Richards....

In the 1970's, he was once awake for nine days straight (with the assistance of various drugs). When he finally fell asleep, while standing up, he fell face-down into an amplifier, breaking his nose.

Did he finish the jigsaw?

I don't know but i think he finished the drugs.

Come back tank, confusion abounds.

Last day of bus, promise.

i have done thurs morning to sunday night when we have pool weekends in yarmouth.


guess thats approx 84 hours though one weekend i did fall asleep on the saturday night in the indian restraunt head first into my curry :D

 :)up There's yer evidence.  :D

It's traditional amongst Gypsies to stay awake all night on the eve of a funeral as a mark of respect

The deceased is brought home to spend one last night in the company of friends and family (sometimes this can be 100s of people) and the night is spent reminiscing, recounting memories of the departed.

Although this is a very old tradition, it's origins lost in the mists of time, it serves several useful purposes

It gives people a chance to make their peace with the dead, and provides them with an opportunity to give moral and practical support to the deceased's family

It's a great comfort to spend the night listening to people tell stories of your loved one, to hear about adventures they had, and the impact they made upon the lives of others. To know that their memory has been recorded and has passed into folklore

It reminds you that one day, your own passing will be recorded thus, and makes you aware that you have a responsibility to behave as you would wish to be remembered. 

Oral history is very important to Gypsies, for hundreds of years, it was all we had. It strengthens the ties that bind a minority race.



 

Fond memories of pool weekends in yarmouth, i recall wagering £300 a man on the crazy golf through one particularly drunken saturday afternoon.

Thats interesting