What's the longest time you have gone without sleeping?

[TadBehaya]

[chrissykerdock]

24 hours and about 1/2 of my customers told me to get some sleep i worked in a grocery store at the time and then had the morning shift after working the night shift which closed about 11pm then had work at 8am so it left me very little time to have sex... so the night before instead of going home i had sex all night instead... i think i was 17.

[PBandJ_Nerd]

I remember when I was in high school, the longest was like about a week or 6 days at least. Wasn't good.

[Adventurer23]

About 72 hours (3 days). One time when I was about 12, during summer break I stayed up just to see how long I could stay awake. I slept for 20 hours straight after that. lol

[Anonymous]

Two days.

[sage2021]

I know this doesn't sound like it's true but I was very sick for many years. I was on morphine sulfate, oxycodone, Ativan, Trazadone, 2 blood pressure medications, benedryl for sinus allergies l, etc. I was bedridden for years. I ended up in the hospital

They took me off all my medications I was taking, including coffee which I was addicted to, no cigarettes in the hospital so I quit cold turkey!
I think all of this was a total shock for my body.
Honest to God, I didn't sleep a wink for three weeks! I just couldn't do it!

Everytime they would check on me, even during the night, the nurse saw me there wide awake and I would wave to them.
This really happened to me.

[exitseven]

did you get better?

[sage2021]

@exitseven
Thank you for asking. Well, after spending 16 years in my bed, sick, 🤢 I
ended up going to a wellness center for 6 months for physical and occupational therapy and they got me to start eating again, cause I wasn't able to eat for months.
Yes, after working very hard everyday, I rented the apartment I'm in right now, that was May 2016.
Unfortunately starting in January 2019 I relapsed.

I got sick 🤢 again 7. I was still able to walk outside and back to my apt. Then I got the covid vaxes Feb and again in March. I had a terrible reaction to the shots. That took me down even further.
Today I am barely getting by. That shot kind of finished me off. 💔

[exitseven]

did you ever get a medical diagnosis?

[sage2021]

@exitseven
I was diagnosed with Chronic Fatigue Syndrome and fibromyalgia in all 18 trigger or pressure points and other things.
Many years later I met a doctor and he diagnosed me as having Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome which is genetic.
Another diagnosis came too og Sjogren's Syndrome which causes your saliva glands to stop working and other things.
I am miserable everyday 😞

[exitseven]

Sage, that really sucks. I just have a fake hip.

[sage2021]

@exitseven
I remember you saying something about it. How did that happen? Does it ever bother you? So, are you part bionic?

[exitseven]

I had severe arthritis. Probably from running too many marathons. It bothers me if I overdo it at the gym.

[IslaTheWitch]

almost 4 days... Specific experience. I wouldn't recommend :D

[KostasKouvalis]

JEZUS MARIO! What were you doing?

[IslaTheWitch]

@KostasKouvalis first, I traveled across seven time zones, which effectively disrupted my sleep rhythm, and later, I had the unpleasant experience of witnessing a horrible accident. Closing my eyes caused everything to play back in my mind and made me immediately vomit, so I kept my eyes open.

[KostasKouvalis]

😳
I won't press you for details then

[Bricealan]

Probably between 24 - 36 hours, as a 22 year old. Met a girl in Daytona Beach during Spring Break, and later she invited me to come to Dayton, Ohio to go dancing and party.

I drove down to Dayton, from Akron, during the evening, stayed out all night with her, and drove back the next day and went to work the next day and worked my night shift.

At 22, I suppose I did not need to sleep.

[robhazelnut]

>48 hours as a teenager. Some of the other guys and I decided to see who could stay up longest. I don't remember who "won".

[HawkPerception]

3 days. I don't think I can do that nowadays. My body can't handle even staying awake like 24 hours straight without collapsing anymore 😂

[exitseven]

I drove non stop to Oklahoma City. It took about 30 hours then I stayed up a couple of hours after that.

[Static_In_The_Attic]

28 hours was the longest time & after that I slept for a long time.

[Ben487]

Two days. I don't think i've ever tried to stay up longer. I probably could do 3 or 4 but then I'd be experiencing a lot of bad side effects.

[12karen]

Two days, It was supposed to be a pajama party with my bestie but we finished a whole series during those two days

[Andres77]

Over 40 hours running (from the TOC) multiple ops in Afghanistan

[ChiTown33]

About 72 hrs. But I was much younger. No way I could do that now.😂

[KostasKouvalis]

I don't remember, but it was well over 24 hours when traveling by air

[Mark987]

48 hours... and I will never do that again. I was seeing everything blurry near the end.

[LiamJHayden]

Around 64 hours. Drove cross country, only stopping for food, fuel, and restroom breaks/

[Ironco]

Almost 72 hours, part of a sleep deprivation bondage session with my wife

[Anonymous]

The longest I have gone without sleeping is 24 hrs.

[juliammm]

That was 3 days.

[ShadezMcgee]

86 hours. That was rough

[Agape93]

Almost 4 and a half days

[DJB72]

96 hours. I don't recommend it

[msc545]

About 2 days. It was awful.

[Staximus]

2 days from insomnia

[NathanDavis]

69 hours...

[Anonymous]

5 days when I was in the military overseas

[Opinion Owner]

Slept for 1.5 after that lmao

[eagle1951]

4 days during Tet in Vietnam

[KrakenAttackin]

@eagle1951. Tet, wow. No one on GAG will have any idea what you are talking about.

[Account]

3 days.

[Lowiu]

Atound 2 days

[Anonymous]

i'd say about 36 hours.

[Becky316]

About 72 hours

[Coden7]

2 days

[soe11]

24hours

[BrookeS]

4 days

[jahaims]

Around 72 hours

[LavLavLuv]

2 days

[Kirio12]

48 hours

[noohair]

3 days and it sucked

[shortster]

About 40 hours

[Guido]

About 48 hours

[FenixG45]

24H!

[Bklynbadboy12]

2 days

[Amur8711]

30hrs

[CubaPirate]

Maybe 2 days

[riverrat3]

Two days

[dinojames22]

32 hours