Trying To Stay Awake For 168 Hours Straight

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  • CplDavisCplDavis I hunt the arctic Snonos Join Date: 2003-01-09 Member: 12097Members
    hmmmmm, meh, I pulled a 36 hours awake/ 1 hour sleep cycle a couple weeks ago.


    For some reason I got a 5th wind lol and I was pretty hyper at the end though.

    Then I finally went to sleep for 20 hours straight lol.

    W00t thank god for D Chambers.
  • CronosCronos Join Date: 2002-10-18 Member: 1542Members
    Not a good idea. We did a case study of a guy that deprived himself of sleep for 7 days for charity. The psychologists came in and helped him stay awake as well as studying the effects.

    After about 3 days or so the hallucinations started up. He saw spiders and such crawling in and out of his shoes etc, his body temperature dropped every single day. Concentration on simple things (walking, paying attention etc) went haywire but concentration on complex tasks, such as his job (radio) was fine.

    When he finally slept he did so for 20 hours, and woke up otherwise perfectly fine.

    However...

    His marriage broke down a few years later. He lost his job. He was different after the period of sleep deprivation as well, more aggressive and meaner then his former outgoing self. He fell into alcoholism etc.

    This is all based from memory from about a year ago so I'll see if I can find some hard information.

    My personal advice, if your going to deprive yourself of sleep dont do it for more then 5 days maximum unless you want subtle, permanent effects.

    //goes digging
  • HWGuy_in_a_CanHWGuy_in_a_Can Join Date: 2003-02-10 Member: 13397Members
    I believe one Randy Gardner stayed awake for just under 11 days in 1965. He didn't die, he didn't hallucinate, when he was playing pinball against one of the researchers, he won every game, and he slept for some 14 hours when he decided enough was enough.

    I've heard that in one of the following military institutions (Marines, the Army, the Navy SEALs) sleep deprivation is one of the facets of "hell week". Is it true?
  • SurgeSurge asda4a3sklflkgh Join Date: 2002-07-14 Member: 944Members
  • Mr_JeburtOMr_JeburtO Join Date: 2003-08-29 Member: 20340Members
    well im genna say bye now cause, even if you even last a week, your genna die
  • CronosCronos Join Date: 2002-10-18 Member: 1542Members
    From my psychology textbook

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    However, studies show that once the individual is able to catch up on some lost sleep (and resynchronise the biological clock), the effects of sleep deprivation tend to dissapear. In one documented case of prolonged sleep deprivation, 17 year old American student Randy Gardner stayed awake for a world record of 264 consecutive hours (11 straight days) as part of a high school science project. It was found that Gardner experienced no significant psychological or physical effects from his sleep loss. When it was over, Gardner held a news conference, during which he announced that "it's just mind over matter". He then slept for 15 hours, woke up feeling fine and resumed his usual daily routine of activity. Follow up tests confirmed that Gardner has suffered no long term harmful effects (Dement, 1978).

    [snip]

    Nevertheless, many people experience some temporary emotional and behavioural effects, such as irrationality and slower reaction times. Some people experience significant and disturbing effects of prolonged sleep deprivation, such as <i>hallucinations</i> (perceptions of stimuli which are not really there) and <i>delusions</i> (false beliefs that are obviously incorrect to others). For example, in 1959, an American disc jockey called Tripp remained awake for eight consecutive days to raise money for charity. After about the first 100 hours he started to experience sever psychological disturbances. He began to hallucinate, seeing cobwebs in his shoes. He also had difficulty thinking clearly and remembering things. Towards the end of this time, he became paranoid, believing people were out to 'get' him (Dement, 1972). After Tripp was escorted home following 201 hours of sleep, he slept continiuously for 13 hours. When he awakened, his thinking, memory and perceptions were normal, and his mood was back to the playful level that was charecteristic of him (Coren, 1996).

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    Although my text book does not mention any long term effects sufferd by Tripp, the video documentary we watched included a wealth of information which exposited on the effects as well as those people with Fatal Familial Insomnia and various other sleeping disorders.

    Now, without further ado, a linkfest.

    <a href='http://www.suite101.com/article.cfm/coping_with_shiftwork/96742' target='_blank'>http://www.suite101.com/article.cfm/coping...shiftwork/96742</a>
    <a href='http://www.apa.org/monitor/oct01/sleepteen.html' target='_blank'>http://www.apa.org/monitor/oct01/sleepteen.html</a>
    <a href='http://www.sleep-deprivation.com/html/dangers.php3' target='_blank'>http://www.sleep-deprivation.com/html/dangers.php3</a>
    <a href='http://serendip.brynmawr.edu/bb/neuro/neuro01/web3/Ledoux.html' target='_blank'>http://serendip.brynmawr.edu/bb/neuro/neur...eb3/Ledoux.html</a>
    <a href='http://www.here-be-dreams.com/sleep/deprivation.html' target='_blank'>http://www.here-be-dreams.com/sleep/deprivation.html</a>
    <a href='http://serendip.brynmawr.edu/bb/neuro/neuro02/web1/tchen.html' target='_blank'>http://serendip.brynmawr.edu/bb/neuro/neur...web1/tchen.html</a>
    <a href='http://www.watchtower.org/library/g/2003/3/22/article_01.htm' target='_blank'>http://www.watchtower.org/library/g/2003/3/22/article_01.htm</a>
    <a href='http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2002/01/31/health/main327590.shtml' target='_blank'>http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2002/01/31/...ain327590.shtml</a>
    <a href='http://chronicle.uchicago.edu/991202/sleep.shtml' target='_blank'>http://chronicle.uchicago.edu/991202/sleep.shtml</a>

    Selected from the first five pages of <a href='http://www.google.com.au/search?q=Sleep+Deprivation+Long+Term+Effects&hl=en&lr=lang_en&ie=UTF-8&safe=off&start=0&sa=N' target='_blank'>This</a> Google search.

    Selected Links

    <a href='http://science.howstuffworks.com/sleep.htm' target='_blank'>http://science.howstuffworks.com/sleep.htm</a>
    <a href='http://www.newscientist.com/news/news.jsp?id=ns99993604' target='_blank'>http://www.newscientist.com/news/news.jsp?id=ns99993604</a>

    Enjoy.
  • ZaggyZaggy NullPointerException The Netherlands Join Date: 2003-12-10 Member: 24214Forum Moderators, NS2 Playtester, Reinforced - Onos, Subnautica Playtester
    umpf got owned xD

    some nice info Cronos!
  • antifreezeantifreeze The guy with the goods&#33; Join Date: 2003-05-12 Member: 16232Members, Constellation
    tehee. in the last week before i had 4 deadlines at the same time i was awake 20 hours every day. I just want t see some of posts after a few days kida, they will likely be very strange.
  • StakhanovStakhanov Join Date: 2003-03-12 Member: 14448Members
    As they said , sleep deprivation can result in your death. But if you decide to not sleep for a while , at least make sure you eat and drink enough. Lack of sleep combined with starvation is horribly painful , and probably causes brain damage.
  • JezpuhJezpuh Join Date: 2003-04-03 Member: 15157Banned
    I've pulled off around 40 hours of being awake. <!--emo&:D--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html//emoticons/biggrin.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='biggrin.gif' /><!--endemo-->
  • RaVeRaVe Join Date: 2003-06-20 Member: 17538Members
    Not many people will be able to stay up for a week.

    I guess it'll be 3 days before you hit the sack or start going insane, whichever comes first.
  • TenSixTenSix Join Date: 2002-11-09 Member: 7932Members
    <!--QuoteBegin-CommunistWithAGun+Aug 2 2004, 05:15 AM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (CommunistWithAGun @ Aug 2 2004, 05:15 AM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> I saw this guy on the learning channel who had a rare disease that prevented him from sleeping. He stayed awake for 2 years until finally dying from brain failure. <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
    LIES!

    Everyone knows TLC is nothing but interior design shows.
  • BizZy_9mm_MessiahBizZy_9mm_Messiah Old School Member Join Date: 2003-07-25 Member: 18411Members, Constellation
    <!--QuoteBegin-kida+Aug 2 2004, 04:00 AM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (kida @ Aug 2 2004, 04:00 AM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> I just felt like doing it?! And so I am. <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
    Put several bags of sour skittles in your mouth all at once, that will wake you up.
  • TommyVercettiTommyVercetti Join Date: 2003-02-10 Member: 13390Members, Constellation, Reinforced - Shadow
    Good luck! Tell us how trippy it gets in the end...

    If you want to stay up, scare the hell out of yourself somehow. I have no doubt that Doom 3 will keep you up for a while, if not by scaring you than by keeping you awake to play it. Of course Doom 3 PLUS the trippy effects of sleep deprivation will make for some very, very strange happenings/illusions.
  • TheWizardTheWizard Join Date: 2002-12-11 Member: 10553Members, Constellation
    <!--QuoteBegin-HWGuy in a Can+Aug 2 2004, 06:00 AM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (HWGuy in a Can @ Aug 2 2004, 06:00 AM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin-->
    I've heard that in one of the following military institutions (Marines, the Army, the Navy SEALs) sleep deprivation is one of the facets of "hell week". Is it true? <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
    That it is. If you are crafty you can figure out ways to get little bits here and there.

    I used to take little naps when the instructors were distracted at the rifle range. While they were observing the shooter, they paid no attention to the rest of us. I liked to crawl under a shooting bench and grab 7-10 mins of sleep.

    Though, I guess it goes to show how sleep deprived we were if I was able to sleep on a shooting range with automatic weapons fire going on.
  • TychoCelchuuuTychoCelchuuu Anememone Join Date: 2002-03-23 Member: 345Members
    Didn't read the whole topic, but uh, I hope you have good life insurance.
  • kuperayekuperaye Join Date: 2003-03-14 Member: 14519Members, Constellation
    <!--QuoteBegin-TenSix+Aug 2 2004, 09:04 AM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (TenSix @ Aug 2 2004, 09:04 AM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> <!--QuoteBegin-CommunistWithAGun+Aug 2 2004, 05:15 AM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (CommunistWithAGun @ Aug 2 2004, 05:15 AM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> I saw this guy on the learning channel who had a rare disease that prevented him from sleeping. He stayed awake for 2 years until finally dying from brain failure. <!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd-->
    LIES!

    Everyone knows TLC is nothing but interior design shows. <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
    we all know hes lieing cuz all he watches is porno and nothing else
  • twoflowtwoflow Singing Drunk Join Date: 2002-11-01 Member: 1950Members, Constellation
    <i>Liar, liar, pants on fire
    Your nose is longer than a telephone wire

    Ask me, baby, why I'm sad
    You been out all night, know you been bad
    Don't tell me different, know it's a lie
    Come kill me, honey, see how I cry

    Why must you hurt me, do what you do
    Listen here, girl, can't you see I love you
    Make a little effort, try to be true
    I'll be happy, not so blue

    If you keep on tellin' me those lies
    Still goin' out with other guys
    There'll come a day I'll be gone
    Take my advice, won't be long

    When that day comes, won't be mad
    Be free of you, but I'll still be sad
    In spite of your cheatin', still love you so
    I'll be unhappy if I let you go</i>
  • BigBullBigBull Join Date: 2003-04-02 Member: 15123Members
    Last summer, I stayed up 17 hours straight until 8 in the morning because we were going on a roadtrip the next day.

    Well we stopped at a burger king, and I was getting my pepsi, and i fell over lol.
  • Dorian_GrayDorian_Gray Join Date: 2004-02-15 Member: 26581Members, Constellation
    <!--QuoteBegin-BigBull+Aug 2 2004, 03:10 PM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (BigBull @ Aug 2 2004, 03:10 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> Last summer, I stayed up 17 hours straight until 8 in the morning because we were going on a roadtrip the next day.

    Well we stopped at a burger king, and I was getting my pepsi, and i fell over lol. <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
    17 hours? That's like... shorter than my normal day (when school is in). Longest I've ever stayed up is 50-60 hours hours (done it twice, only once voluntarily). First time was travelling, when I eventually just gave up trying to figure out what day it was (it kept changing, damn you time zones), and the second time was at a LAN party. Beat KOTOR in one sitting (with most of the quests, etc) <!--emo&:p--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html//emoticons/tounge.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='tounge.gif' /><!--endemo-->
  • littlewildlittlewild Join Date: 2002-11-20 Member: 9467Members
    There was this Korean guy who died of heart failure after he stayed awake for 4 days (actually, 80+ hours) in a row.

    There was also this Taiwanese guy who died in the same manner after spending 60+ hours in a cyber cafe....

    Good luck.
  • GeminosityGeminosity :3 Join Date: 2003-09-08 Member: 20667Members
    I've had two long periods of wakefulness. The longest was 5 days... I was travelling around a lot as we were going on holiday to america and I was super mega hyped (and about 8 years old to boot =3 ). It all ended somewhere in the 5th day as my world went black and I fell facefirst into a bowl of cereal I was eating ^^;

    Second longest was just under 4 days... I went on a huuuuge PSO binge. I lost consciousness in the middle of a conversation and woke up groggily half an hour later. I logged back on, apologized profusely and crawled into bed to sleep for a whole day and a half; totally unconscious =s

    Sooooo my record is roughly 108 hours or something like that =D
  • dhakbardhakbar Join Date: 2004-08-01 Member: 30305Members
    edited August 2004
    Look everybody!

    My name is kida, and I'm an attention whoar!
  • SkySky Join Date: 2004-04-23 Member: 28131Members
    edited August 2004
    <!--QuoteBegin-dhakbar+Aug 2 2004, 12:33 PM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (dhakbar @ Aug 2 2004, 12:33 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> Look everybody!

    My name is kida, and I'm an attention whoar! <!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd-->
    Look everybody!

    My name is dhakbar, and I can't spell "***re"!
  • DiscoZombieDiscoZombie Join Date: 2003-08-05 Member: 18951Members
    <!--QuoteBegin-dhakbar+Aug 2 2004, 12:33 PM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (dhakbar @ Aug 2 2004, 12:33 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> Look everybody!

    My name is kida, and I'm an attention whoar! <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
    not a very promising 3rd post <!--emo&???--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html//emoticons/confused.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='confused.gif' /><!--endemo-->
  • UltimaGeckoUltimaGecko hates endnotes Join Date: 2003-05-14 Member: 16320Members
    Bah, I stay up for 38-40 hour days consistently. At school-back in High School, at least, I would go 20 awake 4 asleep consistently (basically all the time - all the good TV happens at 2am...and then you wake up at 6 <!--emo&:p--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html//emoticons/tounge.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='tounge.gif' /><!--endemo--> ). College doesn't really hold this problem - since all of my selected classes generally happen later than 10am (so: woot, college).

    After staying up for a long period of time my mind generally works a bit slower - but is still very sharp. It's just like living at half speed or so <!--emo&:p--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html//emoticons/tounge.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='tounge.gif' /><!--endemo--> . Still plenty of energy - I've laid a sidewalk in high 80 temperatures after being awake for 30 hours. I kinda fell asleep when I got home, but was good for the whole work period. My eyes are the only part of me that feels distinctly tired, and splashing my face with water would get rid of that for a bit.

    As much in psychology does, the statistics are not consistent and results of various tests will differ from person to person (one of the reasons many 'higher' sciences like Physics and Chemistry don't consider Psychology a real science). There are no 2 human brains exactly alike, so different stimuli will affect everyone differently.

    I say go for it - but go to sleep if you feel exceptionally weird. I've never hallucinated (even under the effects of morphine) so I can't say what that would be like - but if you start hallucinating, I'm going to suggest going to sleep. Along with: experiencing seizures; having hunger pangs (even after eating), being thirsty (after drinking water routinely), having severe unprovoked pains, suffering delusions (of grandeur! ....BAM! <!--emo&:D--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html//emoticons/biggrin.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='biggrin.gif' /><!--endemo--> ) or anything else that makes you think you should probably go to sleep (aside from being tired).
  • UltimaGeckoUltimaGecko hates endnotes Join Date: 2003-05-14 Member: 16320Members
    <!--QuoteBegin-DiscoZombie+Aug 2 2004, 01:04 PM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (DiscoZombie @ Aug 2 2004, 01:04 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--><!--QuoteBegin-dhakbar+Aug 2 2004, 12:33 PM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (dhakbar @ Aug 2 2004, 12:33 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> Look everybody!

    My name is kida, and I'm an attention whoar! <!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd-->
    not a very promising 3rd post <!--emo&???--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html//emoticons/confused.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='confused.gif' /><!--endemo--><!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd-->
    He spelled **** wrong too! Which is probably on purpose and is effectively a swear filter dodge.

    ...Unless he meant hoar...because that has a different meaning and it's not really a noun.


    [oh, and on the actual subject: many of the people who die after 50+ hours of being awake were performing no physical activites or had not been acquiring sufficeint nutrients for their bodies.

    Especially like the kid who died playing Everquest for a long time straight, or the guy that died in the cyber cafe after 50+ hours. Doing something is better for your body than nothing.]
  • RatonetwothreetwooneRatonetwothreetwoone Join Date: 2004-03-23 Member: 27504Members
    try browsing some pr0n..

    i figure youll eventually faint, i knew someone who was gonna try that over spring break, he just ended up collapsing 3rd or 2nd day
  • DrfuzzyDrfuzzy FEW... MORE.... INCHES... Join Date: 2003-09-21 Member: 21094Members
    I get to go for a 48 hour + since i have to break my stay-up-at-night-only routine to get doom3 <!--emo&:p--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html//emoticons/tounge.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='tounge.gif' /><!--endemo-->

    And then im not going to want to sleep after i scare myself bad enough or I cant get away from the pc <!--emo&:p--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html//emoticons/tounge.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='tounge.gif' /><!--endemo-->

    School in 2 more days too :x Thats a fast summer vacation. And what really sucks is i got dentist on the same day. Powers that be are not with me this month :/
  • dhakbardhakbar Join Date: 2004-08-01 Member: 30305Members
    edited August 2004
    <span style='color:white'>Be nice.</span>
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