Does lack of sleep have any long term effects?

StageLeft

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Originally posted by: sheselectric
I dunno....but I do know that you die after 17 days with no sleep at all
I would die after two. I need sleep and can't operate well running low.

 

MacBaine

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Well think of it this way... the more you sleep, the shorter your concious life is. So if you sleep less, you will experience a longer life than other people :D
 

Beau

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I saw a special on the Discovery Channel a while ago about a guy who stayed awake for a week. It caused him to go insane and eventually killed him. It totally destroyed his life. Before he did it, he was happily married, had a great news-casting job, etc., and with a year after doing this stunt, he was divorced, alcoholic, unemployed, and living on and off at the loony farm.
 

Brutuskend

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Uhhhhh.................................

What was the question again?

And what were we just talking about?
 

silverpig

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I hear that's how some organizations brain wash people. They work them hard for 36 hours, let them sleep 5 minutes, then wake them up right away and do that over and over... It makes them go all messed up.
 

StageLeft

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Originally posted by: silverpig
I hear that's how some organizations brain wash people. They work them hard for 36 hours, let them sleep 5 minutes, then wake them up right away and do that over and over... It makes them go all messed up.
If by organization you mean concentration camp I think you're right.

 

mithrandir2001

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Elevated blood pressure and increased chance of diabetes.

But what are you going to do? Sleep wastes time.
 

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Time enough for rest in the grave.