Can someone die if they dont sleep for more than 3 days?
155226
It depends on thier physical and emotional fitness.  I have a freind that spent years in a Navy Seal team.  That guy could go many days of pure physical torment and shrug it off.  On the other hand, poor physical fitness and poor nutrition could be dangerous if someone went without proper sleep.  P.S.  The Seal I mentioned was a real mean guy without sleep.....but far from death.
159487
No.  Although, if after 72 straight hours awake, a policeman thinks that you are a danger to yourself, a danger to others, or that you cannot provide food, clothing and shelter for yourself, then the officer can send you to a hospital for a 72-hour psychiatric evaluation.  Then, the doctors will probably just put you to sleep.
460878
Yes, the brain never sleeps. There have been many studies of Rapid Eye Movement. It makes no differance what your physical handicaps are as long as your not on life support and listed as "Brain Dead".
22827
i doubt people feel pain when they die in their sleep. unless they are shot while they're sleeping or sumthing
717515
You can't die of sleep deprivation, your body will go to sleep whether you recognise it as such or not.  You sound like you need counseling to find out why you are so afraid of sleeping.  You may have a sleep disorder. Sleep apnea is different.  I would go get tested.
739915
If this is actually true you are ruining your health. Your body needs at least 7 hours of sound sleep to repair cells in the body and the brain.\nIf you dont get SLEEP here is what will happen and it can start happening after a week of little sleep:\n\nYour hair will start falling out/thining\nYour eyes will feel week and blurry\nYour blood pressure will elevate\nYour cholesterol will elevate (bad type)\nYou will lose muscles and get weaker\nYou will start gaining weight\nYour body will not be able to break down sugars and fats\nYour body will get less oxygen\nYour will depleat your body of vitamins and minerals \nAnd this is only the start.\n\nMy sons friend was only getting one or two hours of sleep a night and going to college and working late. He started having all kinds of problems even some of the ones above. He still has a bad backache even though he is sleeping well now (the last 6 mos).\nSome of the damage can stick around a long time. The body must get sleep to repair cells and for rest and for your brain to rest too.\n\nIt is dangerous to not get sleep as you can fall asleep anywhere at anytime. The body just shuts down. You could be driving, walking, in school, or anywhere. \nI know it happened to me when I was a teen.
442255
@_@.. yes.. I wouldn't really go over 3 days
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Assuming that the person is otherwise healthy (no medical problems, no kidney problems, no ADH regulation problems, etc):\n\nWell, most people can pee about 15 liters or urine in a day.  This is around 4 gallons!\n\nSo, it would HAVE to be much more than this to cause death by hyponatremia!\n\nIF you drank much more over a VERY short period of time (several gallons in an hour), you would probably vomit some back up, too!\n\nFurthermore, as you started to become hyponatremic, you would become nauseated, feel realy sick, get a bad headache, become confused, and lethargic...\n\nThis, in a sense, would save most people's lives...and prevent death.  In other words, they would get too sick to continue to drink enough to die....even in fraternity hazing.\n\nHowever, if someone was forced to drink enough water over a short enough period of time, they could theoretically drink enough to pass out, have seizures, go into a coma...and yes, even die.\n\nIt is hard (at least for me) to even put a rough guess at this number, as I believe every person would be quite a bit different...and the range of amount to death would likely be VERY variable, depending on weight of the person, etc.  Furthermore, it would depend more on the RATE of water consumption than the actual AMOUNT.\n\nSome would NOT be able to drink enough water to kill themselves.  They would feel so awful, they would stop.\n\nMost people that become hyponatremic from drinking "too much" water either have a physical disease (i.e. impaired ADH regulation, etc) and/or they have a psychiatric disease (i.e. pyshogenic polydypsia).\n\nIn psychiatric disease of drinking too much water, it is usually a chronic thing...not an acute thing (i.e. not a "in one sitting" situation).\n\nHowever, if there were an underlying psychological or physiological problem to begin with, then the hazing thing could kill such a person.\n-\n\nFurthermore, most otherwise healthy people would not die from their "water drinking hazing" hyponatremia...they would pass out, maybe have a seizure, go into a coma.  Then, 911 would be called, they'd be taken to the hospital...given medical care...and gradually come out of it with appropriate treatment.\n\nSo, I know you wanted an exact number...but I don't think this can be answered.\n\nA better fraternity haze is to have people drink a gallon of whole milk in 30 minutes!\n\nNO one can hold down a gallon of milk, if they drink it within 30 minutes....and projectile milk vomiting is quite a sight.
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I know that people are not going to believe this...however I went almost 5 days without sleeping. One year in college I was studying for finals and working and could not sleep even when I tried. After all that was over the next 3 nights I slept for 12 hours each night. I would NEVER do that again!
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It's different for each person, but realistically 24 hours is strethcing it, although I'm sure that there are people out there who have gone without sleep for two or even three days.  Its very dangerous though, and I would not suggest it.  Physically, your body is drained (without a regular sleep cycle, your body replaces sleep with calories, so if you're pulling an all-nighter you might want to have a few midnight snacks).  It can also hurt your mentally.  I have heard of people seeing some VERY strange things after going without sleep-- like they're delerious.  I read in a book that a study tested something like this and people began to see fires everywhere.... odd.  But at any rate, its not a good thing to try and do!
219652
I don't think so...they say don't take them more than 14 days in a row..then you might get dependant on them...try not to take them every night
545846
without dying you mean? depending on the person..maybe 2 weeks..maybe.
412187
It should only be a few days, but I've had people live for up to a week and a 1/2 - 2 weeks. The body can't live very long w/o water but people sometimes do live longer than expected. A lot of the time families will have the doctor put in a feeding tube to give them nourishment, but if a person stops eating and drinking then that usually means they are ready to go and using the feeding tube is keeping them from passing. You have to think about what they would have wanted. I wish you well.
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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."
98615
Depends on whether they are hooked up to an IV, etc.  Ther eis no set time frame but generally a person can survive without water for only a couple of days ... no simple answer to your question.
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The brain can relatively live for about an hour without oxygen before it completely shuts off, thats why many EMP's and emergency response people talk aobut the "golden hour", that a person who gets to the hospital within an hour is more likely to live.
538646
A long time, but you don't want to risk it.  There was something I read about some guy who tried to make some record - he did like 11 days.  By the end, he was hallucinating and talking complete gibberish.  Then again, I've read stories of overweight people who dropped dead from heart attacks due to prolonged lack of sleep.\n\nI can tell you, in terms of actual lack of sleep, I've pulled I think close to 72 hours (in between 2 and three days, I can't remember now), and started to hallucinate a bit.  It's also happened when I've done 3-5 hours a night every night for about 6 weeks.  It's a really bad idea, and was incredibly stupid.  It's not good to do unless you absolutely have to, when there's no other choice.  It's better to stop whatever work you're doing and get your sleep - it's not worth risking your health, and even life, over.