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

Originally Posted by stevo68

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?

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

Originally Posted by 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?

So from that, your answer to Hendriks question is???

About 50 hours for me...

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 !!!!...

So your answer is 23hrs... lightweight

Originally Posted by Outlaw

So from that, your answer to Hendriks question is???

There should be a WTF section in the forum......and responses like that get forwarded immediately ,

regards

Stevo

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...

Originally Posted by 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...

I'm assuming that is some sort of boat ....otherwise I bow down before you

regards

Stevo