How long can a person go without sleep?
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two weeks, but you have to keep dancing
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Smoking, alcohol and drugs of any kind can seriously damage your brain cells, and so can hitting your head.\n\nNot having enough sleep will make you feel tired, you will lack concentration, become disorientated and that will damage your studying capability. Try to sleep at least 6-8h, and study during the day.
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It takes one day to recover for each time zone you went through. Best thing is to take a tranquilizer... maybe half of one. It may be enough to get you to sleep. Don't take a sleeping pill. They'll knock you out for eight hours.
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i do it sometime to see how long can i go without sleepin.
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You should get at least 8 hours of quality sleep a night.
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Many people would reply by saying a minimum of eight hours of rest. But the answer doesn't depend solely on how many hours you log in bed. Night after night, you need deep uninterrupted sleep in a bed that provides adequate comfort support and space. What matters most of all is how you feel in the morning. If you wake up full of renewed energy, you've had a good night's sleep. \n\nThere is no one formula for how much sleep is enough for you. Expecting all people to need the same amount of rest would be as absurd as expecting them to eat the same amount of food every day. Each of us seems to have an innate sleep "appetite" that is as much a part of our genetic programming as hair color, height and skin tone. Normal sleep times range from five to ten hours; the average is 7 1/2. About one or two people in one hundred can get by with just five hours; another small minority needs twice that amount. \n\nHow much sleep is enough for you? To figure out your sleep needs, keep your wake-up time the same every morning and vary your bedtimes. Are you groggy after six hours of shut-eye? Does an extra hour give your more stamina? What about an extra two hours? Since too much time in bed can make some people feel sluggish, don't assume that more is always better. Listen to your body's signals and adjust your sleep schedule to suit them. \n\nKeep in mind that sleep needs change with age. And the older you are, the less total sleep time you may need. A newborn may spend 18 hours asleep. From infancy to adulthood, sleep decreases by more than half. Throughout the middle decades of life, seven or eight hours of sleep generally are needed to provide adequate rest. For older individuals, six hours may suffice.
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It really depends on how many times you go through REM cycles.  You typically should go through 4 complete cycles...from 6 to 8 hours, usually.  Interestingly, the world record for staying up was 11 nights straight and the guy who did it only needed one full night of sleep (14 hours) to recover!  I wouldn't recommend trying it, considering he thought there were hairy worms on his coat...he hallucinated.
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Eight hours is plenty of sleep.  Most teenagers get MUCH less than that, but for most adults and teenagers, the recommended amount is 8-10, I think, and it varies from person to person.\n\nGetting too little sleep, of course, leaves you tired through the day.  However, it is possible to get too much sleep (although that seems IMPOSSIBLE to those of us who are sleep deprived), and that can leave you feeling groggy and wishing you had more.\n\nIf you're waking up feeling rested, you're probably just fine.  You may want to talk to your doctor (or a trainer, if you have one) to make sure, or if you are waking up still feeling tired.
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Normal human being have 6-8 hours sleep in 24 hours and its better if one have this duration in a stretch. If your required quta is fulfilled then its psychological factor that you feel asleep all the time. Try to remain busy and have some productive and positive hubbies. By the way, why you laydown so many times?
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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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It depends on what they use and how much. I've seen people come awake 10-15 minutes after an operation. I've also seen them keep a friend under for 8 days. This was so he wouldn't move and start internal bleeding again. You need to talk with the doctor about this.
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Although it’s a common belief that 8 hours of sleep is required for optimal health, a six-year study of more than one million adults ages 30 to 102 has shown that people who get only 6 to 7 hours a night have a lower death rate. Individuals who sleep 8 hours or more, or less than 4 hours a night, were shown to have a significantly increased death rate compared to those who averaged 6 to 7 hours.
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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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I sleep about 7 hours a night.  I do not take naps either.  I am 29
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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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WebMD's article on sleep, which was reviewed by the Sleep Medicine Center at the Cleveland Clinic, and cites the National Institutes of Health and the National Sleep Foundation as their sources, state that:\n\n"The amount of sleep a person needs depends on the individual. The need for sleep depends on various factors, one of which is age. Infants usually require about 16-18 hours of sleep per day, while teenagers need about 9 hours per day on average. Most adults need about 7-8 hours of sleep per day.\n\nThe amount of sleep a person needs also increases if he or she has been deprived of sleep. People do not seem to adapt to getting less sleep than they need. "\n\n\nSweet dreams :)
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No, but I'd like to have about a week just to do nothing to catch up on sleep!  :)