Comments on: Eleven Days Awake http://www.neatorama.com/2007/10/24/eleven-days-awake/ The Neat Side of the Web Wed, 09 Jul 2008 05:12:46 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: Chris http://www.neatorama.com/2007/10/24/eleven-days-awake/#comment-409542 Chris Tue, 22 Jan 2008 15:58:33 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/2007/10/24/eleven-days-awake/#comment-409542 The longest I've stayed awake was on a cocaine and drink fueled binge of 5 days and 4 nights. I frequently go for 2-3 days without sleep and although I do lose concentration and forget things easily, I have never hallucinated. On the other side of the coin, when I was 12 years old I got Beijing Flu and slept for 13 days without waking up. My mum was a junkie and didn't take me to the doctor until afterwards. The doc said I should be dead! lol. The longest I’ve stayed awake was on a cocaine and drink fueled binge of 5 days and 4 nights. I frequently go for 2-3 days without sleep and although I do lose concentration and forget things easily, I have never hallucinated.

On the other side of the coin, when I was 12 years old I got Beijing Flu and slept for 13 days without waking up. My mum was a junkie and didn’t take me to the doctor until afterwards. The doc said I should be dead! lol.

]]> By: republiccommando http://www.neatorama.com/2007/10/24/eleven-days-awake/#comment-378987 republiccommando Sun, 06 Jan 2008 21:35:55 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/2007/10/24/eleven-days-awake/#comment-378987 wait... do u throw up if u dont get sleep for a long time? wait… do u throw up if u dont get sleep for a long time?

]]> By: republiccommando http://www.neatorama.com/2007/10/24/eleven-days-awake/#comment-378985 republiccommando Sun, 06 Jan 2008 21:34:39 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/2007/10/24/eleven-days-awake/#comment-378985 i think the computer wears my brain... i think the computer wears my brain…

]]> By: republiccommando http://www.neatorama.com/2007/10/24/eleven-days-awake/#comment-378983 republiccommando Sun, 06 Jan 2008 21:33:40 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/2007/10/24/eleven-days-awake/#comment-378983 i feel this way when im in class or daydreaming. its actually kind of fun for a little while. i remember when i was 2-3 i used to hear little voices and i turned around it was halarious. lol. around that time i didnt sleep very well :S. i now often forget what i just said 2 secs ago and have to ask sum1. i feel this way when im in class or daydreaming. its actually kind of fun for a little while. i remember when i was 2-3 i used to hear little voices and i turned around it was halarious. lol. around that time i didnt sleep very well :S. i now often forget what i just said 2 secs ago and have to ask sum1.

]]> By: sara http://www.neatorama.com/2007/10/24/eleven-days-awake/#comment-335492 sara Sat, 08 Dec 2007 01:37:53 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/2007/10/24/eleven-days-awake/#comment-335492 @kiera he beat Rounds' record of 260 hrs and then stayed up the extra four, meeting his goal of 264, not 268. @kiera
he beat Rounds’ record of 260 hrs and then stayed up the extra four, meeting his goal of 264, not 268.

]]> By: sfmac http://www.neatorama.com/2007/10/24/eleven-days-awake/#comment-328719 sfmac Mon, 03 Dec 2007 06:39:04 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/2007/10/24/eleven-days-awake/#comment-328719 I went to an art college that was pretty demanding and I pulled many all nighters, my longest being over 72 hours. The worst I experienced was loss of concentration, I would start a sentence and totally forget what I was talking about, lots of ums. When it came time to present my project I fell asleep standing up in front of the class. I'm glad those days are over and I get paid for overtime now. I went to an art college that was pretty demanding and I pulled many all nighters, my longest being over 72 hours. The worst I experienced was loss of concentration, I would start a sentence and totally forget what I was talking about, lots of ums. When it came time to present my project I fell asleep standing up in front of the class. I’m glad those days are over and I get paid for overtime now.

]]> By: Tim Yates http://www.neatorama.com/2007/10/24/eleven-days-awake/#comment-328508 Tim Yates Sun, 02 Dec 2007 21:58:20 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/2007/10/24/eleven-days-awake/#comment-328508 I've been a speedfreeak since 1969, although the last 20 years or so have been pathetic, quality-wise. The hallucinations were always my favorite part. They really kick in around day 11 or 12. One of my sweethearts of the past once stayed up for a couple of years, but she was really crazy to begin with. I’ve been a speedfreeak since 1969, although the last 20 years or so have been pathetic, quality-wise. The hallucinations were always my favorite part. They really kick in around day 11 or 12. One of my sweethearts of the past once stayed up for a couple of years, but she was really crazy to begin with.

]]> By: chris http://www.neatorama.com/2007/10/24/eleven-days-awake/#comment-323599 chris Thu, 29 Nov 2007 09:15:43 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/2007/10/24/eleven-days-awake/#comment-323599 ive been awake 40 hours here, just because i have a dead line in university, im functioning fine just wen i re-read my work, it doesnt make alot of sence and looking at a computer screen doesnt help either. :( ive been awake 40 hours here, just because i have a dead line in university, im functioning fine just wen i re-read my work, it doesnt make alot of sence and looking at a computer screen doesnt help either.
:(

]]> By: RecoveredSpeedFreak http://www.neatorama.com/2007/10/24/eleven-days-awake/#comment-316687 RecoveredSpeedFreak Mon, 26 Nov 2007 06:33:06 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/2007/10/24/eleven-days-awake/#comment-316687 As a NOW clean 'n sober meth head my longest 'run was 17 days without sleep. It as definitely interesting. The delusions were the most interesting part of the experience. I had many friends who imagined helicopters following them and 'tree people' spying on them altho I never spotted either. My favorite experience was imagining songs were following me around from store to store magically. "This is your brain, this is your brain on drugs." It wasn't pretty. Thank God for sobreity. As a NOW clean ‘n sober meth head my longest ‘run was 17 days without sleep. It as definitely interesting. The delusions were the most interesting part of the experience. I had many friends who imagined helicopters following them and ‘tree people’ spying on them altho I never spotted either. My favorite experience was imagining songs were following me around from store to store magically. “This is your brain, this is your brain on drugs.” It wasn’t pretty. Thank God for sobreity.

]]> By: Dan http://www.neatorama.com/2007/10/24/eleven-days-awake/#comment-283089 Dan Fri, 09 Nov 2007 03:08:31 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/2007/10/24/eleven-days-awake/#comment-283089 When I saw ostriches every 1/10 mile with their heads in the concrete along side a nightime highway in IOWA, after not sleeping for 3 days, I knew it was time to pull over on the side of the road and get some winks. Things would have been fine except for the corn stalk praying manis that left by morning. When I saw ostriches every 1/10 mile with their heads in the concrete along side a nightime highway in IOWA, after not sleeping for 3 days, I knew it was time to pull over on the side of the road and get some winks. Things would have been fine except for the corn stalk praying manis that left by morning.

]]> By: Russ @ bombay potatoes http://www.neatorama.com/2007/10/24/eleven-days-awake/#comment-266216 Russ @ bombay potatoes Sun, 28 Oct 2007 12:14:43 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/2007/10/24/eleven-days-awake/#comment-266216 I would imagine some people can manage better without sleep than others, and that there are a few individuals in this world that need no sleep whatsoever. I would imagine some people can manage better without sleep than others, and that there are a few individuals in this world that need no sleep whatsoever.

]]> By: breathless http://www.neatorama.com/2007/10/24/eleven-days-awake/#comment-265935 breathless Sun, 28 Oct 2007 06:07:35 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/2007/10/24/eleven-days-awake/#comment-265935 Well I come from an interesting past and have stayed awake for over five days continously, suffered severe paranoi, hallucinations, blacked out constantly and had periods of extreme aggresiveness. On the other hand, other people I know have stayed awake for as long as a month at a time. An eighteen day run ended in a trip to a psych ward where my friend encountered another acquaintance, carried on a long meaningful conversation until his friend tipped his head back and was sucked down into the floor (he explained this as water going down a drain) and still didn't realize that his friend had never been there in the first place. Sleep deprivation is most certainley a drug in itself, a dangerous one at that and should not be attempted regularly (unfortunatley I did so, resulting in some not so great states of mental health) Eleven days is a long time for someone to be awake, that must have been tough for him but the sleep afterwards is so worth it :) Well I come from an interesting past and have stayed awake for over five days continously, suffered severe paranoi, hallucinations, blacked out constantly and had periods of extreme aggresiveness. On the other hand, other people I know have stayed awake for as long as a month at a time. An eighteen day run ended in a trip to a psych ward where my friend encountered another acquaintance, carried on a long meaningful conversation until his friend tipped his head back and was sucked down into the floor (he explained this as water going down a drain) and still didn’t realize that his friend had never been there in the first place. Sleep deprivation is most certainley a drug in itself, a dangerous one at that and should not be attempted regularly (unfortunatley I did so, resulting in some not so great states of mental health) Eleven days is a long time for someone to be awake, that must have been tough for him but the sleep afterwards is so worth it :)

]]> By: troy http://www.neatorama.com/2007/10/24/eleven-days-awake/#comment-265063 troy Sat, 27 Oct 2007 18:34:57 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/2007/10/24/eleven-days-awake/#comment-265063 @Jerse You forgot to take baths.. @Jerse

You forgot to take baths..

]]> By: max http://www.neatorama.com/2007/10/24/eleven-days-awake/#comment-263625 max Fri, 26 Oct 2007 08:36:59 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/2007/10/24/eleven-days-awake/#comment-263625 I have a hard time concentrating after just a few hours asleep?..cant remember doing a choir from just a few second earlier...can't a person die from lack of sleep??.. I have a hard time concentrating after just a few hours asleep?..cant remember doing a choir from just a few second earlier…can’t a person die from lack of sleep??..

]]> By: Alex R http://www.neatorama.com/2007/10/24/eleven-days-awake/#comment-263374 Alex R Fri, 26 Oct 2007 01:14:59 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/2007/10/24/eleven-days-awake/#comment-263374 Isnt there a guy who hasnt slept for 30 years or something? He works out to stay away.. I think I heard about that.. Isnt there a guy who hasnt slept for 30 years or something? He works out to stay away.. I think I heard about that..

]]> By: lol http://www.neatorama.com/2007/10/24/eleven-days-awake/#comment-263360 lol Fri, 26 Oct 2007 01:00:27 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/2007/10/24/eleven-days-awake/#comment-263360 Ever heard of insomnia ? Ever heard of ww2 and nazi experiments? What is so special about 11 days ? Person will not die from a lack of sleep EVER its easy to confirm this (use google). So this whole affair is a joke. Ever heard of insomnia ? Ever heard of ww2 and nazi experiments? What is so special about 11 days ? Person will not die from a lack of sleep EVER its easy to confirm this (use google). So this whole affair is a joke.

]]> By: eye surgery scottsdale http://www.neatorama.com/2007/10/24/eleven-days-awake/#comment-263300 eye surgery scottsdale Thu, 25 Oct 2007 23:53:55 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/2007/10/24/eleven-days-awake/#comment-263300 Really cool article, classic science is great. Man, 11 days must be insane, I've done a maximum of 3 days straight without sleep and still been fully functioning, but I was out like a light as soon as I let my mind get distracted. Really cool article, classic science is great. Man, 11 days must be insane, I’ve done a maximum of 3 days straight without sleep and still been fully functioning, but I was out like a light as soon as I let my mind get distracted.

]]> By: Jokes http://www.neatorama.com/2007/10/24/eleven-days-awake/#comment-263060 Jokes Thu, 25 Oct 2007 22:03:21 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/2007/10/24/eleven-days-awake/#comment-263060 Respect to people who can go to extremes for the research Respect to people who can go to extremes for the research

]]> By: Amanda http://www.neatorama.com/2007/10/24/eleven-days-awake/#comment-263000 Amanda Thu, 25 Oct 2007 20:46:59 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/2007/10/24/eleven-days-awake/#comment-263000 Has anyone else ever watched this guy on Ripley's Believe it or Not? http://www.thanhniennews.com/features/?catid=10&newsid=12673 He hasn't gone to sleep for the last 33 years! Has anyone else ever watched this guy on Ripley’s Believe it or Not?

http://www.thanhniennews.com/features/?catid=10&newsid=12673

He hasn’t gone to sleep for the last 33 years!

]]> By: Eric http://www.neatorama.com/2007/10/24/eleven-days-awake/#comment-262901 Eric Thu, 25 Oct 2007 19:00:10 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/2007/10/24/eleven-days-awake/#comment-262901 I have been up for over 5 days and 4 nights back when I used speed. I now have frequent tension headaches from damage caused to my eye muscles. I have been up for over 5 days and 4 nights back when I used speed. I now have frequent tension headaches from damage caused to my eye muscles.

]]> By: Connie http://www.neatorama.com/2007/10/24/eleven-days-awake/#comment-262879 Connie Thu, 25 Oct 2007 18:40:19 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/2007/10/24/eleven-days-awake/#comment-262879 I don't sleep much at night, but I have an office where I take cat naps to catch up on my restless nights. Also, a friend pointed me to Sleep.FM website which helps lull me to sleep and wakes me up, so my boss doesn't catch on. THough one time he almost caught me, but my admin stalled him..thank goodness. Interesting article! I don’t sleep much at night, but I have an office where I take cat naps to catch up on my restless nights. Also, a friend pointed me to Sleep.FM website which helps lull me to sleep and wakes me up, so my boss doesn’t catch on.

THough one time he almost caught me, but my admin stalled him..thank goodness.

Interesting article!

]]> By: D http://www.neatorama.com/2007/10/24/eleven-days-awake/#comment-262873 D Thu, 25 Oct 2007 18:34:17 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/2007/10/24/eleven-days-awake/#comment-262873 John, Find someone reliable and take some psilocybin mushrooms. It's poison but that's why you trip, and it passes through your body the next day. You'll know what it's like. John,

Find someone reliable and take some psilocybin mushrooms. It’s poison but that’s why you trip, and it passes through your body the next day.

You’ll know what it’s like.

]]> By: john http://www.neatorama.com/2007/10/24/eleven-days-awake/#comment-262585 john Thu, 25 Oct 2007 16:35:45 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/2007/10/24/eleven-days-awake/#comment-262585 rofl .. I meant awake*, not asleep. :( sowwy rofl .. I meant awake*, not asleep.

:( sowwy

]]> By: john http://www.neatorama.com/2007/10/24/eleven-days-awake/#comment-262584 john Thu, 25 Oct 2007 16:35:10 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/2007/10/24/eleven-days-awake/#comment-262584 The most I've ever stayed asleep was 36 hours. I stayed a whole day awake, then went to school the next day without sleeping. I wasn't really sleepy, just tired. I could understand what people were saying, but I was slow on my comprehension and reflexes. I wanna be a medical doll. To see how far I could go awake. Since I never got high or got drunk. I wanna know how a hallucination is like and feeling "outside of yourself" and not being fully yourself. The most I’ve ever stayed asleep was 36 hours.

I stayed a whole day awake, then went to school the next day without sleeping. I wasn’t really sleepy, just tired. I could understand what people were saying, but I was slow on my comprehension and reflexes.

I wanna be a medical doll. To see how far I could go awake. Since I never got high or got drunk. I wanna know how a hallucination is like and feeling “outside of yourself” and not being fully yourself.

]]> By: Geoffrey Blass http://www.neatorama.com/2007/10/24/eleven-days-awake/#comment-262583 Geoffrey Blass Thu, 25 Oct 2007 16:33:28 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/2007/10/24/eleven-days-awake/#comment-262583 Interesting story, I have stayed awake before once for 13 days and once for 17 days. Interesting story, I have stayed awake before once for 13 days and once for 17 days.

]]> By: photo sharing http://www.neatorama.com/2007/10/24/eleven-days-awake/#comment-262516 photo sharing Thu, 25 Oct 2007 15:18:09 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/2007/10/24/eleven-days-awake/#comment-262516 Really interesting. Thanks a lot :) Really interesting.
Thanks a lot :)

]]> By: Skitzo http://www.neatorama.com/2007/10/24/eleven-days-awake/#comment-262420 Skitzo Thu, 25 Oct 2007 13:26:05 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/2007/10/24/eleven-days-awake/#comment-262420 @Brian K: Pleeease put those recordings up somewhere! I've become very interested in the effects of sleep deprivation for a while now... I started working two jobs and I had to quit my previous job as a grave shift security guard, since I'd constantly hear noises that just weren't there. @Brian K:

Pleeease put those recordings up somewhere!

I’ve become very interested in the effects of sleep deprivation for a while now… I started working two jobs and I had to quit my previous job as a grave shift security guard, since I’d constantly hear noises that just weren’t there.

]]> By: sydd http://www.neatorama.com/2007/10/24/eleven-days-awake/#comment-262382 sydd Thu, 25 Oct 2007 12:48:40 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/2007/10/24/eleven-days-awake/#comment-262382 Neuroscientist say that humans and animals need to sleep for two reasons: the 1st one is simply logical: Vegetarian animals would be more in danger if they walked around at night, and predators would be much more inefficient during daytime. So its something like a hiding-enegry conserving mode. The second reason is the two "modes" that parts of the brain works during awakeness and sleep. That means that parts of the brain (especially hippocampus, a part which is used for deciding what memory is important and storing it) work differently during awakeness and sleep. The hippocampus is during the awake phase in a "exploration" mode, where it focuses on retrieving new data, and storing it temporary. If you fall asleep it goes into "storing" mode where the hippocampus decides what data to throw away, and what should be kept.(for example order the TV ads that you have seen between two films yesterday is is not really important.)These two modes have even been obresved in experiments, different regions and inputs are active in the hippocampus. It has been shown by researchers that when you learn something youll be better in remembeing it in the next day.(better means more organized, youll see more coherences in what you learned). PS sorry for my english im not from the usa. PS2 im a hippocampus researcher Neuroscientist say that humans and animals need to sleep for two reasons:
the 1st one is simply logical: Vegetarian animals would be more in danger if they walked around at night, and predators would be much more inefficient during daytime. So its something like a hiding-enegry conserving mode.
The second reason is the two “modes” that parts of the brain works during awakeness and sleep. That means that parts of the brain (especially hippocampus, a part which is used for deciding what memory is important and storing it) work differently during awakeness and sleep. The hippocampus is during the awake phase in a “exploration” mode, where it focuses on retrieving new data, and storing it temporary. If you fall asleep it goes into “storing” mode where the hippocampus decides what data to throw away, and what should be kept.(for example order the TV ads that you have seen between two films yesterday is is not really important.)These two modes have even been obresved in experiments, different regions and inputs are active in the hippocampus. It has been shown by researchers that when you learn something youll be better in remembeing it in the next day.(better means more organized, youll see more coherences in what you learned).
PS sorry for my english im not from the usa.
PS2 im a hippocampus researcher

]]> By: Imsomniac http://www.neatorama.com/2007/10/24/eleven-days-awake/#comment-262358 Imsomniac Thu, 25 Oct 2007 12:25:34 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/2007/10/24/eleven-days-awake/#comment-262358 Well, I've been without any sleep for 4 years. Just lying in bed with my eyes wide open. Does that count? Plus, I've managed to go to work and back, going to the gym and living a relatively normal life. I win. Well, I’ve been without any sleep for 4 years. Just lying in bed with my eyes wide open. Does that count? Plus, I’ve managed to go to work and back, going to the gym and living a relatively normal life.

I win.

]]> By: toprank http://www.neatorama.com/2007/10/24/eleven-days-awake/#comment-262318 toprank Thu, 25 Oct 2007 11:19:31 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/2007/10/24/eleven-days-awake/#comment-262318 I can’t stop thinking of that puppy experiment. How cruel! Keeping them awake until they died. I can’t stop thinking of that puppy experiment. How cruel! Keeping them awake until they died.

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