I've gone nearly 48 hrs w/o sleep. And that was way too much for me. I literally couldn't wake straight, my hands shook, and I would massively overreact to tiny noises. Someone's phone rang? HIT THE FUCKING DECK.

Nytefish

United Kingdom4282 Posts

March 22 2009 21:24 GMT

#44

I'd be no good at this, last time I started hallucinating after 36 hours.

MooNDog.

United States81 Posts

March 22 2009 21:26 GMT

#45

23 dollars...

Pholon

Netherlands6142 Posts

March 22 2009 21:36 GMT

#46

When you're near breaking up do something exciting, doesn't adrenaline work as an antisomnia? Then again your heart might break down lol.

shavingcream66

United States1219 Posts

March 22 2009 21:45 GMT

#47

just cheat...take 10 minute naps and wake up to IM and then sleep again

Divinek

Canada4045 Posts

March 22 2009 21:47 GMT

#48

Here's a rough idea of symptoms you can expect depending on how long you stay up.

by day 3-4 you'll be like a woman on her period, constant mood swings and general irritability.
by day 6 you will have memory lapses and difficulty speaking
by day 9 your thoughts and speech will become incoherent
by day 10 you will have severe memory difficulties and blurred vision almost all of the time

That's if you make it anywhere near this long. Have fun though.

Ziph

Netherlands970 Posts

March 22 2009 21:47 GMT

#49

I did this last LAN with a friend of mine we had 60hours or something and then the freaking internet died so we just went to bed hahaha

NeonFlare

Finland1307 Posts

March 22 2009 21:51 GMT

#50

I rarely do this kind of thing since I'm REALLY bad at it, at 30 hours I feel sick and like just falling down and sleep regardless of where I am, even when I have things to keep myself busy.
I guess it varies from person to person.

geometryb

United States1249 Posts

March 22 2009 21:51 GMT

#51

i think this is a bad idea

evanthebouncy!

United States12796 Posts

March 22 2009 21:56 GMT

#52

i dun think i ever went passed 30 hours lol
I always want to nap whenever

DwmC_Foefen

Belgium2186 Posts

March 22 2009 22:15 GMT

#53

I have a better bet. See which one of you guys can run the longest

It won't last as long, it's less dangerous, maybe you'll get high on dopamines and stuff, and it definitely proves who is more macho

MyStiC_Chaos

United States499 Posts

March 22 2009 22:33 GMT

#54

On March 23 2009 06:45 shavingcream66 wrote:
just cheat...take 10 minute naps and wake up to IM and then sleep again

I say this. Set an alarm SUPER LOUD but you'll probably be too tired to wake up so that's a flaw..

FragKrag

United States11567 Posts

March 22 2009 22:40 GMT

#55

Just listen to death metal.

Epicfailguy

Norway893 Posts

March 22 2009 22:41 GMT

#56

Those "hallucinations" are very mild , the can barely be called hallucinations if you ask me.

When I was in the military, we had a field exercise where it was so god damn cold that none of us could sleep, so I was awake for 3 straight days before I fell asleep during a liturgy (if thats the right word, priest was talking about jesus and stuff)

Allthough I was almost always doing something to keep myself warm, and I believe its a lot easier to stay awake if you're doing physical stuff, rather than just sitting infront of a computer or whatever, so I might be wrong.

And I really doubt its harmfull to do this every now and then, it gets to a point where you just cant stay awake no matter how hard you try

I remember one night I was on guard..so I sat in the most uncomfortable possition imaginably, and I just fell asleep and woke up when 3 sec later, rolling down a hill.

GhostKorean

United States2330 Posts

March 22 2009 22:42 GMT

#57

Set an alarm to ring every 14 minutes and take naps

Xenixx

United States538 Posts

March 22 2009 22:50 GMT

#58

omg i did this in high school without the aid of caffeine for approx. 3 days and i felt like i went surfing in the fucking street naked upside down in snow into the ocean which was 400 miles away.

JeeJee

Canada5652 Posts

March 22 2009 23:06 GMT

#59

looks like our hero went to sleep
good