What is the longest time you have ever gone without sleep?

[Hendrik]

Hi All
I am currently in the labs at uni and am in the final stages of a design project that requires me to fully design the front landing gear for an aircraft the size of an Airbus A330. This involves endless hours of calculations, CAD work and simulations and a massive report due friday.

So seeing as I have so far gone for 22 hours without sleep, and need to take a break from it, I thought I'd procrastinate and ask; whats the longest time you have gone without sleep?

Think I'm gonna take a nap now.... caffeine can only do so much :(

[big guy]

72 hrs when I lived overseas.
I took a truckers pill similar to no-dose.
It took me a week to get back to normal.

A very weird feeling and not one I recommend as you make silly mistakes.

Take power naps instead I suggest.
Seeing you are doing Cad etc which takes skill and concentration you be far more productive with some sleep.

Thats been my experience. Coffee also helped but dehydrated me also.

[Blknight.aus]

72 + hours....

dont do it....

[dobbo]

can't remember the exact number of hours but it involved 3 night shifts then a doubleback to an arvo, a tad of 4wding in between. It took me close to a month to get over it, looking at the percentage of shiftworkers who are diabetics, it's not worth the effort.

[disco_thrasher]

Hendrik obviously REHAB did not work :D

yeah when i was at uni many a assignment and field studies required 3 /4 days no sleep field studies where normally break up of semisters tho LOL:D

[BigJon]

Probably about 45 hours.

Up in the morning, left Adelaide around the middle of the day. Overnight drive to Brisbane. No sleep on arrival, then out to the pub with mates. Back at their place and bed at about 3 am.

Much easier to do if you are having fun and doing it by choice, don't know if I could do it again now nearly 10 years older.

[Scallops]

About 3 hours for me :p - love a snooze! ;)

[TELF RRC]

About 55 hours when bought a playstation and Grand Tourismo II.


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[austastar]

Hi,
three days, with 2 nights between. It was the Tag St fire about 10 years ago, lots of fire round Hobart and most of our local crew had gone fishing to Bruny Island and I was the only driver for our truck with the license. Management had a few problems with logistics re food and changing crews, but they got a heap of other stuff spot on.
cheers

[stevo68]

I went on a bender for 48+ hrs.....working and partying....no sleep. Would never do it again....once was enough.

Regards

Stevo

[JohnF]

John Carter, a SDA evangelist had trouble learning ancient Greek & Ecclesiastical History, being up late every night studying. But his exam marks went up dramatically when he spent a lot less time studying, as he changed his lifestyle, and started to get a good night sleep, going for a walk each day--getting fresh air, sunshine and exercise, adequate rest all at the same time, which along with good nutrition and lots of water to drink [he already avoided alcohol and drugs, and coffee does affect our brain function], improved his brain function so that his marks went up significantly [others tell a similar story]. So why not try it?

[Outlaw]

I went on a bender for 48+ hrs.....working and partying....no sleep. Would never do it again....once was enough.

Regards

Stevo
And couldn't walk for a week right? :angel:

57hrs for me... was on deadline for a magazine and harddrive crashed and lost main 140page magazine document... so 57hrs to redo a magazine and still make print deadline. Funniest thing is was going a little fast while driving home afterwards and was pulled up at 9 in the morning... played it cool, couldn't tell the copper was falling asleep and needed to get home fast :)

[Outlaw]

John Carter, a SDA evangelist had trouble learning ancient Greek & Ecclesiastical History, being up late every night studying. But his exam marks went up dramatically when he spent a lot less time studying, as he changed his lifestyle, and started to get a good night sleep, going for a walk each day--getting fresh air, sunshine and exercise, adequate rest all at the same time, which along with good nutrition and lots of water to drink [he already avoided alcohol and drugs, and coffee does affect our brain function], improved his brain function so that his marks went up significantly [others tell a similar story]. So why not try it?
So from that, your answer to Hendriks question is??? :Rolling:

[Grover-98]

About 50 hours for me...

[cucinadio]

l suffer from sever sleep apnea, which was diagnosed after many close encounters of driving over round abouts rather than around them and finally after my body decided to close down in what presented itself as a massive heart attack!!, ... after specialist treatment and investigation it was discovered that in realty i was over the previous eight years surviving on less than an hour of real sleep an evening !!!!...:eek2:

[Outlaw]

So your answer is 23hrs... lightweight :p

[stevo68]

So from that, your answer to Hendriks question is??? :Rolling: There should be a WTF section in the forum......and responses like that get forwarded immediately ;),

regards

Stevo

[incisor]

84 hours on a breakdown at a refrigeration plant at a meat works where the backup compresssor was already dead and the cold rooms were only half full.

and i slept for 18 hours straight when i did make it to the cot... ;)

did another stint when on a tug with a few issues and didnt get to bed for just over 72 hours.. got 4 hours sleep and then did another 48 hour watch...

[stevo68]

84 hours on a breakdown at a refrigeration plant at a meat works where the backup compresssor was already dead and the cold rooms were only half full.

and i slept for 18 hours straight when i did make it to the cot... ;)

did another stint when on a tug with a few issues and didnt get to bed for just over 72 hours.. got 4 hours sleep and then did another 48 hour watch... I'm assuming that is some sort of boat :p:D....otherwise I bow down before you :cool:

regards

Stevo

[Psimpson7]

...otherwise I bow down before you :cool:



Fancied swapping roles from your previous long session Stevo :D

[dungarover]

About 40 hours.

When I used to be a baker and I was at a BBQ with a couple of mates but had to work the saturday night starting at around 11PM. I was annoyed I couldn't drink but plenty of cups of coffee did the trick although once the shift on the Saturday night was over I was rooted and slept for about 10 hours straight.

Trav

[Tombie]

6.5 days :eek: Was a very hard week..... Cronic insomnia as well so on breaks couldnt rest...Slept 36 hours afterwards...

Longest driving stint was Perth to Adelaide Solo occupant in vehicle, 26 hours... Do the math!

Longest recently was 17 hrs straight driving, 20 hours to sort the issues (Tombies Road trip incident) and then a damn good nights sleep!

Often awake 48hrs+ I only average 4-5 hours sleep a night at the best of times. :(

[Grimace]

almost a week! what do i win?

[B92 8NW]

There's a man in Vietnam who hasn't slept for 12,000 days. He wins:D. Though not through choice/necessity, I believe its a insomnia type condition.

[cucinadio]

So your answer is 23hrs... lightweight :p


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[Hendrik]

Well about 50 hrs later with no sleep and a 150 page report later I can finally relax. While it was all fun, it was a hard week, glad its all done and dusted now....