Lack of sleep?

@Inklings (1255)
United States
November 1, 2006 8:32pm CST
What is the longest amount of time you have gone without sleep? Why?
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@carlennj (589)
• United States
2 Nov 06
Over 36 hours in Vegas. Playing craps all the time.
@Inklings (1255)
• United States
2 Nov 06
Did you win?!
@maddog108 (3435)
• Australia
2 Nov 06
3 days i work at shows and fairs some times there are long distances between shows i went 3 days straight working and the drive home at the end was very hard a lot of coffee was needed
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@Inklings (1255)
• United States
2 Nov 06
I've heard that driving when you are really tired is as dangerous as driving drunk.
@ssh123 (31073)
• India
2 Nov 06
While I was designing for an exhibition stall, I did not sleep for 36 hours (including day time from last slept time to next sleep time). Earlier exhibition schedules, I had not slept for more than 48 hours, but I used to take nap for 30 to 45 minutes inbetween.
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@Inklings (1255)
• United States
2 Nov 06
Wow, I would feel awful going that long without sleep!
• China
2 Nov 06
Many years ago I did an experiment with myself to see how long I could go without sleep and what would happen -- I managed approx 180 hours -- it was definitely very interesting but not something I've ever wanted to repeat.It put me into Lalaland and it took a while to get back. Why did I do it? Curiosity. :)
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• Canada
2 Nov 06
Honestly, the longest I was ever up was for about a week, maybe a little more. Why? I was in the throws of a manic episode and I just couldn't stop "going". I didn't even "need" sleep at that time. But when it was over, I certainly crashed for a long time.
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@timmeh0910 (1168)
• United States
2 Nov 06
like 72 hours, i couldn't really sleep at all. then i went to a theme park and yeah.
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@Inklings (1255)
• United States
2 Nov 06
That's a LONG time!
@tareqfayyad (1674)
• United States
2 Nov 06
2 days, if i was have hard problem
@Inklings (1255)
• United States
2 Nov 06
It's hard to think straight without sleep!
@manzician (4727)
• India
2 Nov 06
48 hours...
@Inklings (1255)
• United States
2 Nov 06
Were you working?