Anybody experience extreme insomnia like I do?

[John_Doesnt]

WHat's the longest you've stayed awake with no sleep at all (not by choice or with drugs or because you have work/responsibilities)? I'm referring to people who simply can't sleep because of a psychological or neurological disorder.
I've gone at least 5 days with no sleep at all because of my insomnia disorder. I take heavy medications, but I'm not sure how normal this is.
Would the majority of society understand this or am I kind of alone on this?

I've gone a full day without sleep

I've gone 2 days without sleep

I've gone 3 days without sleep

I've gone 4 days without sleep

I've gone 5+ days without any sleep at all

I'm one of the lucky ones, I get to choose when I sleep

[CasaNorba]

i been up for 24 hours a couple of time. i've felt like i was gonna lose mind.

i been on sleep meds for 4 years now and it helped out at first. but in the long run it kills because you become dependent on them and they do lose effect after a while.

either way i have a different type of insomnia. i always sleep 8 hours or more sometimes when i'm off work and dont have classes. but the thing with me is that sleep pattern is corrupted so i end up falling to sleep at 6-7 am everyday

[DrBLan]

Insomnia is the worst. Honestly the only thing that worked as a miracle drug for me was Ambien / Zolpidem. One of those and it's lights out in under 30-minutes; truly amazing. I've tried everything else from the sleep studies to handfuls of pills and not using electronics for X-hours before bed and so on. Nothing but Ambien was able to "fix" me. But now I sleep like a baby and don't have the drowsy hangover morning feeling.

[Hopefuldreamer8]

The longest I've ever gone was four days. That was two years ago. I was extremely stressed, and I was also getting stressed from the lack of sleep. It seemed to make it worse. I finally crashed. Usually it's just one day where I can't sleep.

[cinderelli]

I can sleep whenever I want. Even when I don't want. 😕

[John_Doesnt]

You have no idea how lucky you are. A full nights sleep is wonderful.

[cinderelli]

Hmmm.. yes. Maybe. A full day sleep Is even better. 😊

[Pyramid-Princess]

My mum has severe Insomnia... she only developed it after my dad died a few months ago.

[Zigzagz]

I'm with you dude. 5 days is the longest I went though. I was hallucinating

[John_Doesnt]

You know it's been a bad week once you start seeing stuff. I've been to the point of hallucinating demons and shadows and everything. I always just wish to pass out.

[Zigzagz]

Yeah man it sucks. Best of luck to you though.

[SakuraChii]

I stay awake (it's 3am right now actually) but it's usually from depression and anxiety.

[SakuraChii]

I can't go longer than two days

[sa230e]

Most I stayed awake is 3 days. I've been an insomniac for like 15 years. It's hell.