I have to pull an all-nighter tonight to finish some work for school.  I've pulled them before, and the longest period of sleep deprivation I've gone was 44 hours.  I'm wondering if anyone has gone longer without sleep and what kind of physical and mental damage they suffered.
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in my first two years of college i worked an evening job from 6-10 and a nightshift job from 11-7 and had class from 8-4...I did it for two whole years and I felt fine. Then suddenly I came down with mono. Is incerely slept for almost 3 months. Almost failed out of college, and did lose both jobs...the doctors said that when you deprive your body of rest for so long that eventually your body will just shut down and demand sleep... mono in extremem cases can last even longer than mine did and ALL you can do is sleep. I would wake up for 20 or maybe 50 min and fall back asleep again...try to go do something and fall asleep in the car or in the livingroom etc...just had ZERO energy. (that'll teach ya lol after that for almost the next two years I made surte to sleep 6-8 hours a night, I am now only sleeping 3-4 hours a night but am more careful of how I take care of myself in other aspects of my life and health)
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I know what you mean, me and my girl did it 10 times one night, it lasted from about 9 in the evening till about 8 the next morning, I do beleive it is all in the mood that you are in, drink a few Monsters and get plenty of rest before you go...Good luck and have fun!
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I have fibromyalgia, and have a great deal of difficulty getting restorative sleep....I usually get about 6hrs, but it's not "good" sleep, pain in my "trigger spots" wakes me often, and I have chronic migraines as a result of my poor sleep rhythm. Praise the Lord, other than that life is WONDERFUL!   ;-)\nEDIT:\nOh...did I mention, Hubby's a big SNORER?   LOL
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No-well I guess if it's a REALLY strong one you could sleep for awhile but not 3 days.  Everyboey reacts differently to med's if I take a benedryl I"m out in 1/2 hour if my hubby does he is amped.  It all depends on your body.\nBe careful
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i run 15 credit hours and have two jobs that add up to a full time 10 and 32 hours yeah i didnt get a lot of sleep this semester and well i had to pull 2 24 hour days a week to keep it all together. the problem is that you cannot just take 5 hours in a row the schedules at most colleges will keep you from having a perfect schedule. if you can do it you really wont have a social life. work it around if you can but, bet on having a part time job at night
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Well, sleep is a period of regeneration.  Sleep deprivation, leads to decrease of brain metabolic activity, weakening of the immune system (i.e. drop in white blood cell count).  And in children the growth hormone is released during sleep.  Generally during sleep the rate of production in cells increases and their rate of protein breakdown decreases. \nInterestingly i can't remember where i read this, but the amount of sleep required for a species depends on their metabolic rate, and the metabolic rate increase as the size of the animal decreases.  So a mouse needs around 18 hours of sleep to regenerate properly, whereas an elephant needs around 3. But don't quote me on those numbers.
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The guidelines on how much sleep people need are just that - guidelines. They are not one-size fits all, and different people need different amounts of sleep. If you are in good health and don't feel tired, then consider yourself lucky to need so little sleep. I seem to need around 8-10 hrs, which is a total drag and dosen't fit into my schedule at all - I wish I had your "problem" :).
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The truth of the matter is that nothing may be wrong with you!  The amount of sleep needed varies from person to person with the average needed being 8 hours.  Some can get by on 5, others need 10 or more.  Since you have no symptoms of illness, are not depressed and you've always required a lot of sleep, this must be your "normal".  Nothing to worry about!
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Maybe you have had enough sleep. Einstein averaged 3 hours a sleep a night ! I don't always sleep well, but sooner or later my body catches me up on needed sleep.
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If you feel as if you are fully functional on that amount of sleep then there should be no issue. There are no health risks to adjusting when you sleep, it's the amount of hours you sleep.\n\nThere are people who work night shifts and stay up all night and sleep all day, and as long as they get their 7 to 9 hours of sleep they're fine. \n\nThere are also people who can operate just fine on 4-6 hours of sleep, just the same as we function on our 7-9.
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sleep DOES effect your daily life. you need at least 7-8 hours of sleep a night to be fully rested. a bad nights sleep, or no sleep, can put off your whole day. go long enough without sleep, and your brain will shut down and sleep, whenever it wants to.\n\ni go to sleep about 11pm and get up anywhere between 7am and 9am.
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Absolutely.  I was MISERABLE for about a week after i quit.  I smoked for 5 years all day every day. But dont worry. It passes. I didnt want to eat and i was just irritated constantly. And I couldnt sleep but I didnt have the energy to do anything either.  Its been 3 years since I smoked, and I now have absolutely no desire to do it.  You ll be fine.  Just stick to it.
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An occasional night without sleep never killed anyone. But this can turn into an addiction that can rob you of sleep on a regular basis. Then it can adversely affect your immune system making you more likely to get sick. Some hormones that boost the immune system get released only during deep sleep.\n\nGroucho: (to Harpo): "Young man, as you grow older, you'll find you can't burn the candle at both ends."\n\nHarpo: (pulls out a candle lit a both ends)\n\nGroucho: "Well, I was wrong. I knew there was something you couldn't burn at both ends. I thought it was a candle."
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Hun we are addicted to boredom lol--I should go to bed too but I am mesmerized by these questions I see here...I come here to lull myself to sleep--which makes no sense because I reached my goal and still I don't want to move!! lol.Give Us Strength to find our beds!
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I can tell you because I did it.\nOne of the first things that happened were the hallucinations, the started for me only on the second night, then your body starts to swell up, I dont know why, but your hands and fingers get really fat.  More than half of the guys got very bad heart burn, someone told me it is because the valve that keeps acid in your stomach relaxes and lets it up into your throat or something.  Violent mood swings, one of my friends just broke down crying one time, everybody wondered what the hell was up with him, it happened to me the next day and then towards the end again.  Hallucinations get more realistic the furthur in you get and you can have a conversation with someone and neither of you will know what you said.\n\nInstant REM sleep, as soon as the let you sleep everybody snores up a storm and convulses, its pretty funny actually.  The 4 hours sleep is more torture than anything, after you wake up you feel absolutely awful, 100x worse than before you slept, so it really hurts you more than helps you psychologically.\n\nAs far as permanant side effects, I dont think there is any, I found it easier and more frequent to halucinate while tired for a couple of years afterwards, but not anymore.\n\nit is good training, It teaches a level of dicipline that you cant get unless you experience it, its the need to perform mentally and physically under those conditions where the true benifit comes.
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Yes.  Today my husband and I left our home to deliver papers at 2:20 am.  We finished at 5:30 am.  On our way home, we got a flat tire.  Long story short, through a series of events, our radiator was leaking and we had to be towed to a place to get it fixed.  It is now 7:45 am.  The car wasn't fixed until 11:30 am.  I got home and go to go finally at 11:45 am.  That is over 9 hours.  \n\nBy the way, I'm a teacher.  I never have time to go the bathroom.  I'm so busy with kids, lesson plans, etc., that I guess we feel if we cannot leave class to use the restroom, you will have to use it on breaks.  I know it is hard to get from the classroom to another classroom in such a short time, go to your locker and to the restroom.  Try getting a pass for a little extra time from one of your teachers.  \n\nI just try not to think about it.  It really isn't good for you at all.  If this because a real health issue, ask your mom to have your doctor write you a note.  Teacher's have to pay attention to those.
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I served 3 years, 8 months and 10 days in the United States Marine Corps. I was a infantry machinegunner. (Look that up and it might mean something to you) I did 2 tours to Iraq. The first time I went 47 days without enough water to wash my body with. I slept on the ground, I slept in 3 hour increments.  The second time I went into Fallujah in March of 2004. There I lost my best friend and 2 other buddies after 28 days of continuos battle in the Jolan district. I spent the summer in various foxholes and bunkers at night, and foot patrols by day in 135 degree heat in full gear. Finally on my last patrol I caught shrapnel from a 155 mm artilery shell rigged as an IED (bomb) The shrapnel penetrated the right frontal and right temporal lobes of my brain 3 inches. Also took a 3 inch chunk out of my right shoulder. I have dementia, and severe headaches constantly. I am rated 100% disabled by the VA.......AM I A VETERAN?\nTechnically???? F*ck you, dont even say the word veteran unless you are talking about one of my brothers in arms!