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Whats the longest time you've gone without sleep?

Posted - May 23, 2017

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  • 7919
    I think somewhere around two days. Once you hit the day-and-a-half mark, nothing makes sense anymore and your memory is shot. There was one time a few years ago that I was trying to hit a deadline for work and only got something like 8 hours of sleep in 4 days or so. I took little cat naps and then went back to work right after. It was ugly. All rationality left my brain. After that, I vowed I'd never let it get that bad. There are still times I'll binge work and get like 2-3 hours of sleep before I have to take my kids to school, but I tend to grab a few more hours after they're gone. I don't do well on no sleep at all. It makes me nuttier than I already am.
      May 23, 2017 1:01 PM MDT
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  • 13071
    hehheh Your not nutty, just miss understood. I once had insomnia for a year. DIdnt sleep more than a week the entire time. Lost bits of my mind and never got it back. Never been the same. ;O
      May 23, 2017 1:08 PM MDT
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  • 7775
    72 hours.
      May 23, 2017 1:29 PM MDT
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  • 13071
    Three days is a long time Zack - Mr.GenXer.  Thanks Freind. ;))))
      August 15, 2017 12:58 PM MDT
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  • 7775
    You're welcome.
      August 15, 2017 1:08 PM MDT
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  • Just under 5  full days.
      May 23, 2017 1:58 PM MDT
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  • 6477
    Around 28-30 hours, clearly not as impressive as some of the other answers on here :P
      May 23, 2017 2:20 PM MDT
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  • 17364
    I don't know.  There were many mornings I got up from my desk, took a shower, and went back to the office.  That was during the single parent/full time job/full time law school years. 
      May 23, 2017 2:24 PM MDT
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  • 22891
    about 3 days when i was travelling one time and found it hard to sleep
      May 23, 2017 3:16 PM MDT
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  • Over 35 hours. The result of an early morning flight and a long day that followed. My best friend and I were on a trip to Denver, it was 98 degrees that day, and I walked over two miles on no sleep. What a day. 
      May 24, 2017 1:41 AM MDT
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