what happens if you dont sleep?

[MrDudeMan]

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it says in there it will cause hallucinations, apathy, euphoria, pain in your joints, slurred speech, total loss of short term memory, etc.

 

[screw3d]

I have also read somewhere that you'll die..

22 hrs is nothing to be worried about though.

 

[dighn]

and weakened immune system.

 

[spanner]

you will eventually pass out. Otherwise I would think permanent brain damage/ mental illness

 

[MrDudeMan]

Originally posted by: dighn
and weakened immune system.

yeah that is another biggy.

now that i think about it, i have never been sick, like really sick, except once. i was awake for about 2 days and i had previously gotten a cold. the cold turned into the biggest nightmare ever. i fvcked myself up by being sick and then not sleeping. yes, it was stupid, and yes, i learned from it. you get pwned hardcore if you are sick and you dont sleep.

 

[fredtam]

I think you will make it. I've stayed awake for six days. I frequently stay awake for 24-36 hours.
Your body will shut itself down without external stimulants to keep you awake. Your will power isn't that strong. You would probably eventually die if someone kept you awake like in the experiments that have been linked to.

Another article.

 

[screw3d]

I also remembered an experiment done on some rats, where they were kept awake by electric shocks or drenching them with cold water. They all eventually died.

 

[wiredspider]

Originally posted by: MrDudeMan
certain functions only take place while you are asleep. i forget which ones, but they are important...its like your body wont fix itself until you are asleep in some aspects

that's what my mommy says!

 

[PliotronX]

Originally posted by: dighn
and weakened immune system.

Yes, sleep is absolutely crucial for fighting illnesses. During sleep, damaged cells are able to have a much faster turnover.

I've never been awake for more than almost three days straight, but the most prominent symptom I had experienced was an ever increasing sensation of heat on my skin. My head also felt heavier as time limped on. Sounds also seemed a bit muffled unless I was startled.

 

[PowerMacG5]

I am pretty sure your immune system starts to fail.

 

[MrDudeMan]

Originally posted by: Marauder911
I am pretty sure your immune system starts to fail.

see my post ^^^^^^

 

[MrDudeMan]

Originally posted by: PliotronX

Originally posted by: dighn
and weakened immune system.

Yes, sleep is absolutely crucial for fighting illnesses. During sleep, damaged cells are able to have a much faster turnover.

I've never been awake for more than almost three days straight, but the most prominent symptom I had experienced was an ever increasing sensation of heat on my skin. My head also felt heavier as time limped on. Sounds also seemed a bit muffled unless I was startled.

yeah, by the end of my third day, i was getting some tunnel hearing and seeing stars occasionally...it was fvcked up. who needs drugs? just watch cartoons for a really long time and you get the same thing, addiction free.

 

[digitalsm]

Originally posted by: GoodDad

Originally posted by: tweakmm

Originally posted by: GoodDad

Originally posted by: Eli
Long enough? You die.

how?

Lack of sleep. One's body needs sleep to survive.

I still havent heard any hard facts on what happens if you dont sleep...

You havent because studies that would involve long periods of no sleep have been deemed unethical after, some were undertaken, and the participants brain functionality were premanently changed.

Long periods without sleep does cause the human brain to stop functioning at higher levels, or so is the theory, by quite a few psychologists.

 

[TitanDiddly]

I stayed awake for 36 hours or something over one vacation, parent actually made me go to sleep and keep a semi-regular schedule the rest of vacation. I'm such a geek, I kept a log in excel:

http://www.phasmatisnox.com/me/sleep.xls

 

[LAUST]

Actually it's not the body that needs sleep, it's the mind that needs it. The body likes the rest, but REM is for our mind.

 

[bsr]

There is this rare disorder that people just cant sleep, and eventually die. There has only been like 10 reports of that though. I never stay awake for more then 2 - 3 days at a time (because I cant stay awake any longer).

 

[bsr]

 

[aircooled]

You will hallucinate (I've stayed up long enough for that )

then you start posting pictures of your cat.....

 

[DanTMWTMP]

http://www.sciam.com/askexpert_question.cfm?articleID=0000F879-8E01-1CD1-B4A8809EC588EEDF

 

[CFster]

I once went several days without sleep - eventually succumbed at a Silver Crown sprint car race, if you can believe it - and those things are freekin loud.

 

[SilentZero]

I had to do sleep deprivation in the army once, and it was terriable, yet funny. Slept about 9 hours in one week. Your body goes though some changes after a few days with no sleep, but I think you will pass out and sleep before you die.

 

[Geekbabe]

I dunno,I do know that not getting enough sleep feels dreadful.

 

[Mucho]

Originally posted by: flyfish
You will see shadows shaped like evil crows flying around on the ceiling.

Yea you will hallucinate, It happen to me when I came off a bender and did not sleep for three days..

 

[Carver1]

Dateline had a story of a guy that hadn't slept in 30 years. He laid down, but never fell asleep. He didn't even realize it. If I remember right, he died.

 

[Nikamichi]

what happens if you dont sleep?

You look like this.

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