can i die if i dont sleep??

Question

i didnt sleep tonight or today i guess its day 6am

Answer 1

YES, you can die if you don't sleep.
While there are no scientific reports of this happening in humans, it has been tested in rats.
They completely deprived them of sleep by having them on a small platform so that whenever they slept and thus lost muscle tension, they would fall into water, which would wake them up and then they would have to climb onto a platform again.
It took a couple of weeks for them to die being almost totally sleep deprived.
Towards the end, their coats lost all condition, their appetite became really huge and yet they continued to lose weight at a fairly rapid rate. Eventually they died.

So the answer is yes, you can die if you don't sleep.

However, it is extremely unlikely that this would happen to you. In any natural environment, you will fall asleep and recover long before you come anywhere near to approaching death. Unless you carried out a process on yourself similar to that used by rats, you'll be fine.
The world record for someone depriving themselves of sleep is a bit over 11 days in the 1960's and after he had been deprived for that long, he caught up on sleep and suffered no long-term ill effects.
A few days of sleep deprivation won't kill you and you won't even tend to suffer from any bad effects once you have caught up on sleep.

If you do deprive yourself of sleep a lot, you will find that you will have lapses of concentration and will tend to sleep for a couple of seconds in what is known as a 'microsleep' and this will happen an increasing number of times the more sleep pressure you have.
This is why you should NEVER drive a car if you are feeling sleep-deprived. Or heavy machinery or do any tasks that requre sustained attention. You will have no memory of falling asleep at all and will believe you were awake the entire time. Of course, suddenly you'll be ploughing into a tree having fallen asleep at the wheel and never realised it.

I hope that answers your question. If you want any more information, just ask :)

Answer 2

Cant die from not sleeping. Like someone else said, your body will just shut down eventually and sleep for a long while.

I personally went like 2 weeks with gettin like 3-4 hrs of sleep (or less) every night. And one day i was so drained i could barely function. Had to leave work early, came to my apt. and locked all the doors, turned off my cell phone, and just slept it all off and it felt great!! The point is, get some sleep, who doesnt like to sleep?

Answer 3

Nobody has died simply from Insomnia(the dyagnose if someone face constant problems regarding sleep,the lack of it)..You can die from a bunch of other things..REally the combination of not sleeping,too much stress etc leads to severe changes in the human organism..

Answer 4

No, you won't die if you don't sleep. You'll just get more and more tired the longer you go without sleep and eventually you'll fall asleep and wake up again once you've gotten the rest you need to function again.

Answer 5

There are a lot of great articles and information on how stress can effect sleep at ( http://www.reducingstress.net ). there are also many tips for solving the problem. Also, there is also a link to the stresseraser which is a great biofeedback device that can help you get to sleep.

Answer 6

No, but it's dangerous. You could fall asleep driving, or you could get sick and run down. Eventually your body will just make you fall asleep, it can go only so long before it needs to replenish itself.

Answer 7

if you went 2 weeks without sleep I would suspect that you may die.

Answer 8

you can not die,your body will fall asleep,when it is ready

Answer 9

well you are still alive, no?
but one thing is sure: you will die one day!

nice avatar - boys don't cry...