What's the longest you have stayed up with no sleep?

[RED_RAIN]

I heard you can get brain damage if you stay up more than 72 hours straight.

To counter this but still feel the goodness I stayed up for around 60 hours and then tried to sleep. I felt so tired I actually couldn't sleep. I was very slow to react. Found myself having the drunken vision where if you look from left to right real fast, things take awhile to catch up to your vision. I was actually afraid since I couldn't fall back asleep. FYI, I'm a college kid.

Things I did: studying, poker, warcraft, ATV 2, and girls (yes plural hahaha).

[daryn]

most i ever did was 40 hours i think. probably not as much as some of you, but i also felt like i was drunk.

this was in vegas, i played at the bellagio for about 35 hours straight in the same chair, how bad. then i walked around vegas a little while. i felt like i was in "fear and loathing in las vegas".

[nolanfan34]

I think I'm in the 40 hour department as well. Back in college, did an overnighter editing our college TV sports highlight show. Spent all night in the editing suite, went to class the night day, and capped it all off with a night at the bars.

I was tired.

[scotnt73]

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most i ever did was 40 hours i think. probably not as much as some of you, but i also felt like i was drunk.

this was in vegas, i played at the bellagio for about 35 hours straight in the same chair, how bad. then i walked around vegas a little while. i felt like i was in "fear and loathing in las vegas".

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same here. i get nausea as well.

[HDPM]

In college working on a project I had a stretch where I got about 4 hours sleep in about 72 hours. I think I had a 48 hour stretch w/ no sleep. I didn't hallucinate or anything, but I lost my sense of time at the end of it. After that stretch I drank 4 beers in 20 minutes, but thought it took about an hour and a half. I then slept about 19 hours - from about 2 P.M. to 9 A.M. - and woke up feeling fine. I don't like all nighters and missing sleep. It sucks.

[Malarky]

I'm in the 50s category.

The worst part is when you finally sleep. You wake up still feeling like crap.

[RED_RAIN]

True dat. I slept like 18-20 hours straight...still didn't feel good.

[astroglide]

i did around 60 hours once, it was really stupid. i was like 13, it was around the fourth of july. halfway into it (my friend and i planned to stay up at least 2 nights) a bug flew into my eye. well, it literally stayed there. i didn't know it, but my eye was SUPER irritated and bloodshot and hurt like hell.

eventually when i fell asleep on i woke up on the couch with this huge dead bug on my cheek. eye felt better though. afterward i slept for about 20 hours, i might have gotten up to piss but i don't remember doing it.

[RED_RAIN]

Yeah that has to be at least in contention for the grossiest thing I've heard *L*

[nothumb]

I stayed up over 85 hours during finals week in college once (with some chemical aid). Man, did I feel horrible.

At the end of this stretch I had to play in a jazz recital and I was completely fried. By coincidence we were playing a tune called "Hallucinations," and halfway through it, during the bass solo, the pianist and I broke into a Talking Heads song.

I don't think I got any brain damage, but I definitely understand why you are considered legally insane after being awake for 72 hours.

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[juanez]

A long time ago I read that Leonardo da Vinci had an odd sleep schedule. Something like he would sleep 1 hour, be awake for 4 hours, sleep 1 hour, be awake for 4 hours, etc.

[MMMMMM]

If you managed to miss that episode of Seinfeld, where Kramer adopts Leonardo Da Vinci's sleep schedule..................

[Bubbagump]

What college did you go to? I see you are from Taxachussetts. What is by any chance Berklee?

The longest I've been awake without any sleep what so ever was 48 hours and it during finals week my freshmen year at Berklee. I can remember hearing voices and hallucinating during my Arranging I final. I never tried that again. From that point on, I always make it a priority to get some amount of sleep no matter how small before a test.

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[Brian]

RedRain, what server do you play on? You any good? Play sometime? I'm Scrack on U.S. East.

-Brian

[RED_RAIN]

I've heard there is a study saying it's better to get a night of sleep before an important test instead of studying.

I think this is bullshit and I would much rather pull an all nighter and I feel I got a better chance.

[RED_RAIN]

I'm RED_RAIN on US West...I can play on any server usually with no lag.

I don't play the regular games anymore. Just TDs and such. But if you want to take on me in any TD survivor I'll take you on.

If you are good regular game, if my friend and I can take you on 2v1, then we "might" be a match. We haven't played the real game for a long time now.

[Brian]

Lol, TD is for n00bs. /images/graemlins/grin.gif

-Brian

[Bubbagump]

I think that study has a lot of merit. I have pulled all nighters a few times to prepare for an exam, and I can remember feeling so horrible during the test that I just didn't care weather I passed or failed, I just wanted to finish so I could sleep. I always did better getting even a few hours sleep before a test even if it meant that I wasn't as prepared as I could have been.

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[nicky g]

Unless it is a test based on pure knowledge of facts you simply don;t know, I'd much much rather have the sleep. I always went to bed really early the night before exams (and I usually tried to do something relaxing beofre that, like going to the movies or a quiet drink), and I usually did prety well. The people who were manically trying to cram stuff right up until going into the test room always struck me as the people who did badly.

[MMMMMM]

I agree. Much better to do the cramming a couple days before the test then get a good night's sleep. Also, you tend to resolve some of the newly learned information in a deeper way while you sleep.

[NoChance]

I once sat a the same blackjack seat at the casino for 36 straight hours. I'm not sure what the total hours awake were but it was a 4 hour drive one way from my college dorm. I'm guessing somewhere around 50 hours or so total.

[elwoodblues]

I never pulled an allnighter in either college or law school. I have always felt that sleeping was more important.

Longest night for me seems to make me a weenie. I stayed awake about 36 hours the day my son was born (wife went into labor at 11:00 pm delivered around noon the next day).

[nicky g]

I don't think I've ever stayed up for more than 24 hours, if that. Why would I? Sleep is so good. I could easily sleep 12 hours a day. I stayed up all yesterday after only 2 hours sleep on the flight back from the states and was impressed at my stamina.

[Ray Zee]

ive played with many players that played three straight days. but the beswt is a famous player from tahoe who no longer is in the spotlight as he burnt out. he would regularly play from wensday to sunday night without any sleep. then he would sleep monday and tuesday and start all over again.
another was a pool player that did play five straight days.
of course drugs gets involved in these things.

[jwvdcw]

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I never pulled an allnighter in either college or law school. I have always felt that sleeping was more important.



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[jwvdcw]

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I don't think I've ever stayed up for more than 24 hours, if that. Why would I? Sleep is so good. I could easily sleep 12 hours a day. I stayed up all yesterday after only 2 hours sleep on the flight back from the states and was impressed at my stamina.

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BTW, my longest is probably around 35-45 hours...done it many times.

[kyro]

This past weekend I did 40. Woke up at 9 Friday morning, worked until 8, stayed up all night playing poker, worked 12-6, then played more poker and hung out with friends before crashing at 1. Let me tell you though, I may have dozed off at work while scanning the groceries. So when I tell people I can do my job in my sleep, I'm being half-serious /images/graemlins/smile.gif