What was the longest you've ever stayed awake...

[amdskip]

Probably 30 hours, pulled a 20 hour shift at work.

 

[MacBaine]

I don't understand why some of you stay up for days at a time studying for exams... you need sleep to process information. Staying up for 4 days straight is going to hurt you way more than it will help you. 5-6 hours a night minimum isn't that hard to pull off during finals week, and it will help you a lot more than 5-6 additional hours of studying.

 

[toekramp]

64 hours, just for the hell of it...


i remember i finally crashed on the way from VA to MI and my friends that were driving told me i kept yelling I Am The One! I Am The One!

 

[spacelord]

38 hours.. at work, on my feet most of the time. bad day....

 

[PanzerIV]

I can't see how anybody can make it past 36 hours without sleep. I can rarely make it to 30 before I start seeing shadows and crap that aren't there and almost literally collapse in my bed. I've only done it for the hell of it and not due to work or studying. I guess some of us can't pass a certain threshold.

 

[scorp00]

72 hrs for school, did 6 days partying though.

 

[thirdlegstump]

if you count insomnia, about 11 years of trying to get some sleep.

 

[Hyperblaze]

I think I broke my record.....27 hours

 

[TheLonelyPhoenix]

36 hours.

One word: StarCraft.

That was 4-5 years ago and I have yet to even make it to 30 again.

 

[PlatinumGold]

Originally posted by: DaiShan

Originally posted by: PlatinumGold
2 weeks

i had 6 finals and 6 major papers due

Jebus! Was that continuous, or did you allow yourself cat naps? I did 88 hours straight during finals week fall term last year, I lived off double-shots by starbucks and adderall, it wasn't a good situation heh, but I made it through it no worse for the wear, and slept for almost 24 hours immediately following it. On a related note I haven't slept since 7 am yesterday because I got really strung out for some reason at about 3-5 this morning so I couldn't get any sleep, hopefully I can get some tonight (like from 7 pm to 7 am lol)

continuous. it was crazy. back then i did crazy stuff where sleep or lack of it was concerned.

 

[PHiuR]

id say 50+ to less than 72 hours...

to do school work...and just to stay up i guess.. caffeine is the key.

 

[SacrosanctFiend]

Originally posted by: PlatinumGold

Originally posted by: DaiShan

Originally posted by: PlatinumGold
2 weeks

i had 6 finals and 6 major papers due

Jebus! Was that continuous, or did you allow yourself cat naps? I did 88 hours straight during finals week fall term last year, I lived off double-shots by starbucks and adderall, it wasn't a good situation heh, but I made it through it no worse for the wear, and slept for almost 24 hours immediately following it. On a related note I haven't slept since 7 am yesterday because I got really strung out for some reason at about 3-5 this morning so I couldn't get any sleep, hopefully I can get some tonight (like from 7 pm to 7 am lol)

continuous. it was crazy. back then i did crazy stuff where sleep or lack of it was concerned.

You've defied medical science and human physiology! What species are you?

Longest for me was 63 hours. Work, class, paper, work, class, crash...

 

[Mojoed]

..

 

[Anubis]

about 80 hours, and honestly that really sucked after about 50 hours its all a blur

the world record is like 7 days, and the dude who did it got messed up his brain wave pattern changed totally and he became like a different person

 

[NinjaGnome]

About one week with little one to two hour periods of rest. The reason would be hell week in my army training.

 

[slpaulson]

~40 hours.
Trip to Germany

 

[psiu]

Dunno bout longest.....somewhere over 24, but in one 7 day span about 5 years ago I pulled 6 hours of sleep.

Until I crashed for like 18 hours of sleep, due to my nervous and digestive systems going into shutdown mode.

I literally couldn't eat anymore, couldn't sleep (until body said fvck you). Surviving on beer, aspirin, no-doz, ephedrin, vodka, and mcdonalds food (working 40+ hours that week on top of WAY too much partying).

Don't do that any more, I can tell you that much.

 

[SacrosanctFiend]

Originally posted by: Anubis
about 80 hours, and honestly that really sucked after about 50 hours its all a blur

the world record is like 7 days, and the dude who did it got messed up his brain wave pattern changed totally and he became like a different person

11 days, and he was fine afterward.

 

[rh71]

35 hours. 24 straight hours of it was because I was in an ice hockey tournament (7 games). Rough times... don't think I'll be doing that again.

 

[badmouse]

5 days/nights, sick kid in hospital w/many episodes just when I was about to drift off.

 

[dethman]

72 hours ish. mainly because of a girl.

 

[IamElectro]

A little over 3 days here working to finish a project last semester.
Have been up for longer with a little help from Tim Leary's friend back in my younger partying days.

 

[LeetViet]

48 hours, World of Warcraft Stress Test.