Most Hours Stayed Awake


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Longest Day I have had at work was 36hrs straight, not sure what that amounted too for a total awake time...

Something like 48hrs, would be close...

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U wont believe me but here in the army we got this punishment that you can't go to sleep for 10 days when you fire a rifle without permission

well guess who fired ? :| ?

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From various sleep deprevation studies I've read, staying awake more then 6 days can be detrimental to your mind/body. In one of the studies, they kept lab rats awake for around 10 days or so, and they finally just died. I also read about a radio dj who back in the 40's or 50's, stayed awake for a week for some charity thing; at the end of the week he had completely lost it, was seeing things, hearing things, etc.. He slept for around 24 hours after the whole ordeal, and the people who knew the guy said he wasn't the same.

As for myself, the longest I've stayed awake is around 50 hours; I don't really remember much after 40 hours though.

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From various sleep deprevation studies I've read, staying awake more then 6 days can be detrimental to your mind/body. In one of the studies, they kept lab rats awake for around 10 days or so, and they finally just died. I also read about a radio dj who back in the 40's or 50's, stayed awake for a week for some charity thing; at the end of the week he had completely lost it, was seeing things, hearing things, etc.. He slept for around 24 hours after the whole ordeal, and the people who knew the guy said he wasn't the same.

As for myself, the longest I've stayed awake is around 50 hours; I don't really remember much after 40 hours though.

:rolleyes: well now a lot of things begin to make sense :wacko:

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hmmm..... 3 days, but I took 10 min catnaps, so it doesn't REALLY count.... :(

After a while, my extremeties started to go numb (probably attributable to the cold, not sleep deprevation) so i figured, hey, I'll lie under the covers for a second to warm up.....

16 or so hours later.... :laugh:

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