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Nope.

11 (14.7%)

With Stimulants maybe.

12 (16%)

Yes, you lunatic. Don't try it.

19 (25.3%)

I hope you like hallucinations.

13 (17.3%)

Yeah! You can do it you madman!

20 (26.7%)

Total Members Voted: 74

Voting closed: March 07, 2013, 07:58:26 am

[Neonivek]

I've had my own stints of not sleeping for 24-36 hours... never hallucinated.  Just the tiredness and extreme slowness associated with it.  Cause seriously, processing power grinds to a snails pace.

I can halucinate without sleep deprivation. I just need to pace for over and hour and then I'll start hearing voices (A LOT less serious then it sounds trust me.)

[Scriabin]

You should perform logic tests every now and then to see how your mental abilities deteriorate. Also some scary games could help you stay awake 

[MetalSlimeHunt]

Longest I've ever stayed up is 36 hours, but I manged that through having sudden insomnia one night and spending the next day riding rollercoasters. It was an interesting experience, and near the end I think I pulled the "oh god I'm going to die" lever too many times and it broke off.

[Scoops Novel]

Yes.

SATE MY FEARS!

[Solifuge]

I seriously wonder what's different about me, having never experienced the mind-melting that everyone else seems to, even after 48 hours.

I've never hallucinated or anything like that either, and I've gone very nearly 3 days without sleep. However, that doesn't mean it hasn't had negative impacts on my health and/or psychology. I can link the decline in my memory to the increased frequency of all-nighters I pulled from middleschool to early college, as well as a general decline in my energy, and the increased frequency and severity of my depressions.

Anyway, like I said before, evolution presents a very strong case for me to get sleep every night. Sleeping renders an animal unable to act, defend themselves, or be aware of their environment, exposing them to serious risk of death every night. The cost for not sleeping has to be really significant to outweigh the huge handicap it poses on us. Basically, if not sleeping was even remotely feasible, evolution would have given us a lot more animals that didn't sleep, and out-competed or took advantage of those that did.

[i2amroy]

I had a friend who successfully pulled off a 5 day stint without sleep (no coffee or other stimulants either). His older brother said that if he managed to do it he would pay him $100 bucks, still took him two tries though (the first time he was 8 hours short of the mark when he literally fell over while crossing the living room and was asleep before he hit the ground).

[Lectorog]

I get minor hallucinations after a few nights getting under 7 hours of sleep each. Never had serious hallucinations.

I've stayed up for about 40 hours without issue. Just skipping a night of sleep. Mid teens, have done it 2 or 3 times.

The easiest way to stay up is to do nothing. Do not do school work or anything else that requires you to think. Don't even read. Just video games and TV/movies. This is a great way to get by on less sleep and less food. My summers are like a light hibernation through this.

[lordcooper]

I get minor hallucinations after a few nights getting under 7 hours of sleep each. Never had serious hallucinations.

I can't remember the last time I had that much sleep.

[Xantalos]

I seriously wonder what's different about me, having never experienced the mind-melting that everyone else seems to, even after 48 hours.

I've never hallucinated or anything like that either, and I've gone very nearly 3 days without sleep. However, that doesn't mean it hasn't had negative impacts on my health and/or psychology. I can link the decline in my memory to the increased frequency of all-nighters I pulled from middleschool to early college, as well as a general decline in my energy, and the increased frequency and severity of my depressions.

Anyway, like I said before, evolution presents a very strong case for me to get sleep every night. Sleeping renders an animal unable to act, defend themselves, or be aware of their environment, exposing them to serious risk of death every night. The cost for not sleeping has to be really significant to outweigh the huge handicap it poses on us. Basically, if not sleeping was even remotely feasible, evolution would have given us a lot more animals that didn't sleep, and out-competed or took advantage of those that did.

Yeah, there's ... there's reasons.

[Telgin]

There was a proposal that sleep evolved as a means for animals to keep themselves out of danger, since they didn't need a full 24 hours to care for themselves.

I'm a bit iffy on that one.  Some animals (like cetaceans and probably many aquatic things) can sleep part of their brain to remain perpetually alert, but they do still sleep at least some.  I suspect it's a combination of not needing to be up and around all day, coupled with the need for the brain and body to have down time to repair / reorganize themselves.

[Lectorog]

I get minor hallucinations after a few nights getting under 7 hours of sleep each. Never had serious hallucinations.

I can't remember the last time I had that much sleep.

Yeah, I'm really perplexed by why my body needs so much sleep to function fully. Naturally I'll get 9-10 hours per night.

[gman8181]

I used to be the same way but forced sleep deprivation for work related reasons has made me considerably more tolerant to lack of sleep.  I went from needing around 10 hours of sleep like you to only needing about 6-7.  Still, I feel like crap most of the time and I do think it has put me into a mild depression.

[misko27]

You should perform logic tests every now and then to see how your mental abilities deteriorate. Also some scary games could help you stay awake 

You should perform logic tests every now and then to see how your mental abilities deteriorate. Also some scary games could help you stay awake 

Sounds like good ideas. I was going to hit the SCP wiki though. Can anyone recommend some logic tests? Will post results of course.

After a week? I don't think so.

I have a very good tolerance for sleep deprivation; the longest I've gone without sleep is three days during weekdays. A big factor to consider is if you'll be doing any work - taxing your brain is a sure way to get you to quite literally fall unconscious, getting comfy/complacent a sure way to fall unconscious. In any case it'll make you feel like crap, coffee does nothing, drink plenty of water and eat much bread.

I seriously wonder what's different about me, having never experienced the mind-melting that everyone else seems to, even after 48 hours.

If you're used to it do you notice when it's there? Do you retreat into subconscious safety?
From personal experience 48 hours is physically exhausting and impairs thought/judgement, but it's beyond 3 days when stuff that can only be described as literal daydreaming happens.
In short, Misko, stop please.

If you cannot be persuaded away from this madness, get a long TV show running prepared. The entirety of Doctor Who or Game of Thrones for example.

Got a few box-sets.

Are stimulants permitted?

Yes.

One time probably won't matter, but don't make a habit of sleep deprivation like I did.  I'm 3-4 inches shorter than all the men on both sides of my family.

I'm exactly 6 feet tall. I'd be happy with my current height to say the least.

[SalmonGod]

Personally, I wouldn't recommend tv.  I think fast paced video games are the best thing for staying awake, but don't stay involved in a single one for too long or you'll zone out.  Somewhere into your 3rd day, you'll hit a point where you need to stay constantly active.  Any lapse in activity will be interpreted by your body as "Oh, I'm done?  Sleep time."  So you need something that doesn't demand much energy, but doesn't involve periods of idleness.

And I can tell you from plenty of experience that doing this one time isn't going to have much of an effect on you.  I pulled all-nighters frequently in my youth, but when I did sleep, I slept a lot.  I never felt any long-term effects from that.  It was when I began drinking coffee and sleeping 4-6 hours a night every night for semester-long stretches that I felt permanent effects.

[misko27]

Personally, I wouldn't recommend tv.  I think fast paced video games are the best thing for staying awake, but don't stay involved in a single one for too long or you'll zone out.  Somewhere into your 3rd day, you'll hit a point where you need to stay constantly active.  Any lapse in activity will be interpreted by your body as "Oh, I'm done?  Sleep time."  So you need something that doesn't demand much energy, but doesn't involve periods of idleness.

And I can tell you from plenty of experience that doing this one time isn't going to have much of an effect on you.  I pulled all-nighters frequently in my youth, but when I did sleep, I slept a lot.  I never felt any long-term effects from that.  It was when I began drinking coffee and sleeping 4-6 hours a night every night for semester-long stretches that I felt permanent effects.

That ties in with what Wikipedia told me. Long term, chronic, partial deprivation has more long-lasting and hard to remove effect then acute total deprivation.