I'm trying to stay up for 72 hours. Just as a personal record, but I keep crashing before the 24 hour mark. So I'm curious has anyone ever stayed up this long? How did you do it? How did it feel? And also I've heard that when you stayup for that long you start to hallucinate. Is that true?
2007-08-04 04:51:02 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Health ➔ Other - Health
36 hours lots and lots of monster
2007-08-04 04:59:22 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Your body craves sleep daily. I read a book on it 30 years ago.
In one study, a person was assigned to tag along with a volunteer who would try to stay awake as long as possible. The volunteer actually was observed and discovered having moments of sleep both standing up, and with his eyes open. He would do anythng to try to ditch the watcher to get some sleep, or be able to not be caught sleeping. He was sleeping in a line at a grocery store, standing up, eyes open, facing away from the watcher.
I've personally stayed up about 40 hours. Playing cards or some games all night, and then a normal day following. The problem is having your mind occupied and interested so you don't notice time passing. And wash your face occasionally.
2007-08-04 11:59:28 · answer #2 · answered by Laurence W 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
About 40 hours - I had a walk at night with my future husband instead of taking a good nap at home.
But actually I can't help sleeping - my eyes close even if I try to keep them open. When I'm really sleepy but I must be awake I kind of hallucinate - I see something like night dreams but I'm not sleeping.
2007-08-05 03:11:37 · answer #3 · answered by olessa_lds 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think I stayed up for about 36 hours a couple of times in college. I think you'd have problems staying up longer than that. your body needs sleep as well as your brain. all kinds of things could go wrong without sleep.
2007-08-04 11:54:53 · answer #4 · answered by wendy_da_goodlil_witch 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
36 hours because i worked a doubl shift in the ER 3p-11p, backed by 11p-7a and then came back to work at 12p. DID IT ALL WITH NO CAFFEINE!
2007-08-04 12:01:06 · answer #5 · answered by Stacy T 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
about 40 hours-bad case of insomnia
2007-08-04 11:55:04 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
48 hours when I was in my teens=think it was the coca-cola back then it was stronger ha ha
2007-08-04 11:54:55 · answer #7 · answered by caffsans 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋