The Longest Time I've Went Without Sleep
By Kewkumber
@Ladypeace (2028)
Singapore
March 3, 2016 10:56pm CST
The longest I've done is 48 hours because I happened to have 4 exams lined up back to back from Monday to Thursday.
That faithful day, I stayed up to study and blacked out for 2 hours before I woke up in a panic (thank god I woke up as I still had material to cover and haven't set an alarm).
The effects of sleep deprivation include cognitive and memory impairment, weight gain, increased risk of heart disease and diabetes, weakened immune response, moodiness, depression and accidental death.
What's the longest time you've gone without slumber?
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@T_gray (7774)
• Salina, Kansas
4 Mar 16
@Ladypeace Yeah, insomnia can suck, you are right, since it is over a course of time.
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@T_gray (7774)
• Salina, Kansas
5 Mar 16
@enlightenedpsych2 my insomnia comes and goes. Luckily I have been sleeping like a baby for a couple months now. Hoping it continues
@Ladypeace (2028)
• Singapore
4 Mar 16
I think that having insomnia intermittently for weeks is worse than my short stint of 48 hours. It's terrible to feel sleepy and being in a state of being unable to fall asleep.
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@SIMPLYD (90721)
• Philippines
7 Mar 16
@Ladypeace Have you gone partying up to the wee hours of the morning ?
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@Ladypeace (2028)
• Singapore
4 Mar 16
Oh wow, that's fun and adventurous of you two. 
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@CaptAlbertWhisker (32747)
• Calgary, Alberta
4 Mar 16
a whole week, My fiancee and I broke up and I believe I was more hurt than her because she easily moved on and marry someone else who looks ugly as a bulldog and was old enough to be her father
. #bitter
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@Ladypeace (2028)
• Singapore
4 Mar 16
Sounds really hurtful. It must've been a big dowse to find out the poor quality of your ex's groom. She really wasn't worth that whole week of sleep loss.
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@CaptAlbertWhisker (32747)
• Calgary, Alberta
4 Mar 16
@Ladypeace I already moved on but I wont be dating for now. I want to have great savings for my future before trying to settle down again.
@cacay1 (83581)
• Cagayan De Oro, Philippines
4 Mar 16
The feeling is bad if lack sleep. I had this longest whole evening no sleep when I edited my first Masteral thesis .I noticed that it was already morning when the rays of the sun spread on the ground.I had a terrible eye-bag,
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@cacay1 (83581)
• Cagayan De Oro, Philippines
4 Mar 16
@Ladypeace hehehe and our body seems getting wilder, sweats out without a reason.But the sweats purify our blood for lackness of sleep. terrible..!
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@Ladypeace (2028)
• Singapore
4 Mar 16
Yass...it feels nasty to stay up all night! My eyes looked like a panda with bulging dark eyes and I felt light headed and weak.
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@lilnana1111 (2305)
• United States
15 Mar 16
I'm not sure, but I do struggle with insomnia and it drives me crazy.
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@lilnana1111 (2305)
• United States
15 Mar 16
@Ladypeace I'm always looking for ways to make myself go to sleep. If you have any tips, send them my way.
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@Ladypeace (2028)
• Singapore
15 Mar 16
Insomnia is terrible. I've watched a bbc documentary about sleep and this viet war veteran had a serious case of it and doesn't go beyond 3 hours of sleep every night despite taking medication. There's things that people can do to obtain a better quality of sleep.
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@Ladypeace (2028)
• Singapore
5 Mar 16
Yes, despite knowing that I couldn't help it. I prepared ahead for the exam but had to stay up to cramp it all in my memory as each test was scheduled back to back. I took 4 tests consecutively from Monday to Thursday.
@infatuatedbby (94914)
• United States
4 Mar 16
I think a day and half max? I never really counted the hours but I have trouble sleeping at times.
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@Ladypeace (2028)
• Singapore
4 Mar 16
I think we'd have experienced trouble sleeping at some points in our life because of various reasons. And it's important to catch up on the sleep we've lost.
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@waflay (2737)
• Nairobi, Kenya
4 Mar 16
I sleep for about three hours daily because there are things I have to do online at night and these takes much of my time. In day time hours, I take short naps to cover for wasted sleeping time. I don't wanna have heart attack or so because of my bad sleeping patterns.
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@Ladypeace (2028)
• Singapore
4 Mar 16
I see, online work has kept you up at night and naps are crucial for fixing that.
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@Ladypeace (2028)
• Singapore
4 Mar 16
3 days without sleep is a long time. I'm glad that you're making the effort to get sufficient sleep.
@Letranknight2015 (52090)
• Philippines
4 Mar 16
It's not healthy to sleep so little. in my case, it made me impatient and not on the mood at every situation. not to mention weight gain too.
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@Ladypeace (2028)
• Singapore
5 Mar 16
That's true, lack of sleep messes our mind and bodies up. I wouldn't play with fire.
@Ladypeace (2028)
• Singapore
4 Mar 16
20 hours is still considered long because I'm usually tired by the 14 hour mark.
@rina110383 (24492)
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4 Mar 16
If I'm not mistaken, it was 27 hours. I was about to sleep but then another client with a different time zone as mine had some tasks for me and he wants the output delivered after few hours. I had to keep myself awake and finish the project. After sending it, I had like a day of sleep. Lucky enough, the client was satisfied and he didn't ask for revision of my work.
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@Ladypeace (2028)
• Singapore
5 Mar 16
Job well done! There's no better feeling than pushing out good work at crunch time. Yeah, after my all nighter I slept for 18 hours.
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@azrapa (63)
• Ireland
4 Mar 16
In my case it was roughly three days. I was young back then, very energetic, and very addicted to a certain computer game. Since the game involved a lot of competition, meaning that time was everything, I then proceeded to gather materials and improve my character for three days.
I have never done it again afterwards. Somehow now that I am a bit older I can't go without sleep. I love sleep too much now.
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@Ladypeace (2028)
• Singapore
4 Mar 16
That's a whole lot of dedication for a game. But it's understandable given how exciting and addictive games are. I've stayed up 24 hours leveling my character in a game before when I was younger. And true, now that I'm older and working, I can't go without at least 8 hours of sleep.
