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johnnyquest45
An interesting documentary on the topic: https://youtu.be/AxjNay_TRRg
TavisMcNamara
They also DO validate publicity stunts by dangerous dictators and authoritarian nutjobs! Woo, facts!
GuysEyes
I heard him in a podcast say that he still cant get a full night sleep ever since he pulled this stunt. Do not try this at home
Weentit
during the Iraq invasion, I went 10 days straight no sleep. It felt like I saw things I don't think we're meant to see
CommanderCaribou
I stayed up 2 days in a row and I finally crashed after I finally said "jesus i an taste the cardiac arrest from these energy drinks"
megamufn1
They say that torture victims usually die of sleep deprivation because they lose the ability to regulate their body temperature
MySpiritAnimalIsTheUnpopularOpinionPuffin
Don't worry. John Oliver didnt get the record for the world's largest marble cake depicting a horse loving dictator being bucked off a horse
Meilkor
Isn't there a guy who suffered a brain injury and wound up spending like 45 years awake afterwards
MoonMoon89
Had a gout attack and couldn't sleep for around five or six days. Every time I nodded off, I'd twitch my toe and wake up screaming.
grandestoptimist
Fuck it, at that point just take off the toe.
MoonMoon89
After a few days, a lot of people start thinking about that. I had about four or five attacks like that. No more since Allopurinol (generic)
tacopartyinyourmouth
My max was a little over 4 days started getting wicked audio and visual hallucinations. Slept for roughly 36 hours when I finally dropped
greatcanine
Swing shift does that too. 4 hours into the first midnight to 8am every three days I would see black wolves running through the warehouse.
tacopartyinyourmouth
Mine was lots of shadows and whispering. But I was awake because I wanted to see how long I could go. Don't recommend
greatcanine
I think the brain wants to dream whether it’s asleep or not.
SavienKennedy
3 days was visual hallucinations. 4 was visual. 5 was lack of depth perception
DJjohny
10 days for me.... I only remember 6 of them.
HosWidamos
My record is 5 days. Was supposed to be 4, but I had such an ingrained sense of paranoia that it kept me up an additional day.
Xiddav
This isn't the only one they refuse to validate.
elusiveg
Damn, when I got around 76 hours I was hallucinating and couldn't walk properly.
armaxx
This is a weird post considering i listened to creepypasta's russian sleep experiment last night...
dlite0529
The most uncomfortable YouTube I’ve ever seen !!
YouAreTheOnesWhoAreTheBallLickers
Is that the one where chemicals were pumped in to keep them awake? Didn't they cannibalise each other?
armaxx
It is indeed, yes.
YouAreTheOnesWhoAreTheBallLickers
I watched a documentary on it a few months ago. Harrowing
misscarparty
amfetamines
IHeartSwissChocolate
I read about this guy. He can't sleep now. Hasn't been able to sleep for decades now.
IHeartSwissChocolate
https://www.npr.org/2017/12/27/573739653/the-haunting-effects-of-going-days-without-sleep
Malkozaine
Damn
CandiedCorn
A grey ring around your iris is an indication of extremely high cholesterol. Once it happens, it does not go away.
Teqta
Oh what! I looked it up, it's called arcus senilis for anyone curious
GhostTiger421
I made it to 70 or so hours once. Was starting to hallucinate and apparently fell asleep standing up and in mid conversation.
greatcanine
That sounds like my grand pop
jmason86
“These records are unsafe. Here’s the record to beat”
TofurkyJerky
Is that... Mr. Bean?
BrilliantButCowardly
I had a grand mal seizure on day 10. I wasn’t trying to stay awake, I just couldn’t sleep. It’s all a big blur now.
Olliedog77
The military trained us to go 3 days. That's the longest I have stayed awake. It sucked. Haven't done it since.
onikame
The actual record is 384 days & 16.4 hours. Set by somome who took an adderall every 12 hours until their heart exploded.
ArgentXero
It was you, wasn't it? Did you survive?
onikame
Got me. They put the heart paste in a zipick bag, and surgically reinstalled it. I no longer have a heartbeat, but officially I'm alive.
BrokeMyFunnyBone
Source?
ZedEhBee
It happened to a friend of a friend of mine. True story man.
Relusion
Dude trust me
slotheroll
GothBoyPreppyGirl
At some point you just fall asleep on adderall or you have a seizure and pass out
teknojo
I do not believe you.
onikame
You shouldnt, it was made up for humorous effect. Hence the oddly specific elements contrasted with the extremely vague ones.
teknojo
Oh good, I chose wisely.
ChiliBeef
But, you're on the internet and everyone on the internet tells the truth.
onikame
I am not a nice person.
oblimo
ITAKE25MGOFADDERALEVERYDAYANDIMF!U!C!K!I!N!G!F!I!N!E!
voiceofnightvale
I haven’t slept for ten days because that would be too long.
bokgoi
Every picture is a picture of you when you were younger
osmium7six
Here's a picture of me when I was older.
vashito
i saw a wino eating grapes, i was like dude, u have to wait!
PballQhead
Insomnia kills https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fatal_insomnia
tinybluedot5
I listened to a super fascinating podcast about a guy who tried to break a no sleep record for a radio show decades ago, when he was a
tinybluedot5
teenager, and he says it ruined his life bc he never slept right again
CritterrCatcher
Source?
tinybluedot5
https://www.npr.org/2018/09/20/650114225/radio-replay-eyes-wide-open
pissinginmyownsundressmakesmehard
What podcast? I want to listen
woodlez
.
tinybluedot5
https://www.npr.org/2018/09/20/650114225/radio-replay-eyes-wide-open actually might be the same guy the post is about
pissinginmyownsundressmakesmehard
This is pretty good!
charliesheena
Me too. I find this kind of stuff fascinating.
tinybluedot5
https://www.npr.org/2018/09/20/650114225/radio-replay-eyes-wide-open
GreatOdinsTaint
FFI is a prison disease, similar to Creuzfelt-Jakob. It's not the insomia that kills you, it's the rapid degeneration of the brain.
GreatOdinsTaint
Prion diseases are fucking scary though
slotheroll
The tracers and shadow figures get really bad around day 6...
Yarreen
Finally able to see the truth
HaveYouSeenJeff
I'll hallucinate in my periphery after like 26 hours, fuckin lightweight.
uplookdont
4 days. I was dealing out when that started
DevonGronka
An acquaintance of a friend tried to stay up for a week straight. By like the 5th day he was literally afraid of his own shadow. Like, he1/2
DevonGronka
had convinced himself it was a monster that was following him to try to kill him.
amalgarhythm
Loss of depth was day 6/7. It got weird
captainken
After day 3 I live in the moment, no day or date. Day 5 “what year is it?” “Why did I come here” and shadow people start spooking you.
slotheroll
Very true
teknojo
Dude... they were annoying and creepy on day 3. I have no desire to ever encounter them on day fucking 6...
sirocka08
Um, what are you guys talking about?
teknojo
Sleep deprivation acts on the brain like many drugs do. Once you get to a certain point you begin to hallucinate.
Bandana7Jack
So twice I pulled 72 hours of NO sleep and haven't experienced this. But.... I was cruising on uppers. Did that negate hallucinatory stuff?
teknojo
::Shrugs:: Maybe. I strait did not believe my friends that talked about it till i experienced those creepy little gremlin things myself.
teknojo
Mine started at about 40 ish hours. They were like creepy little gremlins in my peripheral vision.
Malkozaine
God I had that in the military while I was adjusting to the sleep schedule. Fucked me up.
CatGoesMeh
They show up when I take Tylenol 3 with codeine. I'll suffer through the pain over being creeped out by those fuckers all day.
oblimo
Oh thank god, I thought I was the only one to have bad trips from codeine. Thought I was a drug pushover.
CatGoesMeh
It's all body chemistry. Different for everyone. It also gave me wicked vertigo.
ihateallofyoumonsters
I was hallucinating at almost 4 days... I can't imagine what shit gets like longer than that.
Freedumbed
I've gone 5
phocalpoint
Fuck the shadow people and especially their dogs!
Murphquake49
Can confirm. It gets really bad.
xMalkav
Day 6 was about the time I got transported to a 30's Disney cartoon. No color, all the lightposts were bending side to side and grinning.
SerenePrincess013
Some of my best writing came after 3 days w/o sleep. But that's as far as I'll ever push it.
captainken
Ha, yes, day #3’s a good writing day. Don’t bother pushing it, after that it’s nothing worth reading, pointless ranting or nonsensical crazy
shadowwriter
What are tracers?
captainken
When I’m awake 3+ days I’ll sometimes see quick moving flashes in my peripheral. Like a dim shooting star. Or see faint trails behind things
Biigs
I recently had a hospital visit with an inflamed throat that caused me serious breathing problems, did 6 days before i got some good hours 1
Biigs
The subtle hallucinations started day 4 and by day 6 the walls were practically dripping, 2 weeks later im still only getting 4 hours a nite
tyrfin
I went four-ish days in Afghanistan, driving and riding up in the gun turret, and I was hallucinating stuff like crazy by the end of day 3.
tyrfin
Day five I drove seventy-odd miles across the desert while I was asleep, from my perspective. Don't remember it at all
imsuchaweirdo
My best was 5 days. I had a very short memory span, incoherent speech and felt loopy all the time. Would not try again
Kirurik
I did a 24 hour drive and got the tree monsters really bad. Like fucking Scrunts from Lady in the water.
Kaaliavaster
I love that movie!
ObiWanJabr0ni
Me too. We belong to a very small group lol.
moxieswagger
I am also a part of this group
physxanimo
Hi friends, thanks for reminding me I need to watch this once again.
Donku83
They're just growing impatient waiting for you to fall asleep. They just come to peek if you've fallen asleep with your eyes open
oblimo
Those are hypnagogic hallucinations. Fun little fuckers they are.
Dociousaliexpilisticfragicalirepus
Question. If I see tracers and shadow figures and animals out of my peripheral sometimes could I be sleep deprived or just straight trippin?
BenderRodriguz1010
Yes
CritterrCatcher
I often wonder if I’m actually schizophrenic with all the shadow figures, tracers, and paranoia I have..but no health insurance so who knows
Dociousaliexpilisticfragicalirepus
I wonder the same all the time. Already have bipolar diagnosis b
slotheroll
Really depends on a lot of different factors, but yes I'd say sleep deprivation is probably the cause.
DevonGronka
One of those factors being if the shadow figures are actually there or not...
Dociousaliexpilisticfragicalirepus
I do sleep terribly. Likely APNEA too I hope that’s the cause.
coffeeandprozac
More than likely. Do you have access to a sleep center? I recommend it, but in the meantime you can get pillows that help with apnea.
Shroomology365
Wait until your coat turns into a demon and smiles at you. I left work immediately and went to bed.
NZSheeps
"Can't work, coat will eat me. Can't work, coat will eat me. Can't work, coat will eat me. "
CastleBonerShrinker
Read that as "Can't coat, work will eat me". Still not wrong
mostlyjustheretoupvotefunnycomments
If you have recently taken shrooms, LSD, any form of THC or any other hallucinagen you might just be tripping... Either way, water + sleep
Dociousaliexpilisticfragicalirepus
When things in your visions leave a trail.
mostlyjustheretoupvotefunnycomments
Is a really good idea... If no drugs + well rested/hydrated, see a Dr. Like asap. Have someone else drive you.
Dociousaliexpilisticfragicalirepus
Haven’t been well rested in year. Well hydrated though yes.
mostlyjustheretoupvotefunnycomments
Doctors might also be able to help you with sleep. Couldn't hurt to ask one.
lovelylibrarian
What exactly are tracers?
moonfoxmanatee
I would also like to know
wOOtist
Imagine a cross between a lightning strike and sunlight glinting off a spiderweb in your periphery
annir
I thought they were this: ???https://psychonautwiki.org/w/images/5/55/Tracersblur.jpg
Kirurik
I call them fairies but it's like light where there is no light sometimes just flashes or like streaks of light.
lovelylibrarian
Thank you! Google was not very helpful.
oblimo
That could also be eyestrain (something that happens a lot when you don't sleep) or high blood pressure (same)
peachesforme
are you using any allergy meds or coridian HB? both contain an active ingredient that can cause hallucinations (and i had what i would 1
peachesforme
describe as same as yours when i took them). 2
Dociousaliexpilisticfragicalirepus
Just the occasional Claritin. These seem to be a precursor to my migraines. Only sometimes though. Not always. Just worrisome.
peachesforme
oh i get it. i was freaked out by mine. kept asking my husband to be careful because i thought i saw a cat go under the car and stuff
ElbowDeepInUserSub
Low oxygen levels making it to the brain can cause the same symptoms. My father had a lot of issues with them as he died from COPD.
thevortexmaster
I went 4 days without. Was having auditory hallucinations and felt right out to lunch. Nope sir, don't like it
farmfarm
3 days. Hallucinations = yes
osmium7six
Yup, I went 106 hrs without sleep. Shit was levitating around me. Lights were morphing into "creatures" right before my eyes.
MackdomblesDarbleChaiseBarga
Yup, plus it would seems like the ground was sinking and rubberbanding back into place. I hope to never experience that again.
NasaNasaBoBasa
I didn't know this was a thing! I didn't sleep after having my my baby for too long and I kept hearing Jump in the Line playing on repeat
UglyHorribleGrouchyOldMan
Once, I didn't sleep for five days, because that would be too long. - M. H.
DelightfullyOdd
76 hours, auditory hallucinations big time and what felt like sleepwalking where I'd function mostly normally but have no memory.
RebelSkull
I was an enlisted Marine at 18. Talk my way into bars after work at 6, would drink til 2, sleeping til 3:30, out the door to PT and puke. >
RebelSkull
> did that for almost 2 years. Got serious as a Cpl. trying to get promoted to Sgt.
thevortexmaster
Yikes! I was heavy duty for a while but not sure what that has to do with not sleeping?
RebelSkull
I was just young, dumb, and trying to fit in/impress by outperforming. Hindsight shows that was an error, I am glad it is corrected now.
thevortexmaster
Haha ya no doubt. I just had a bout of insomnia. I stayed up a couple days lots when i was partying. Glad I'm not like that anymore
Peachcappuccino
Yeah I had horrific bronchitis and went almost six days with about an hour per day. Was completely out of it and seeing shit like a newborn
TheDino
I saw a red ghost with my longest time without sleep.
luciferian669
Four was my maximum too, saw ghosts
isaypoopythingabecausemostofyouannoyme
Friend made it to day 3 and said the hallucinations were real. She described as if her dreams were creeping into real life
MiniMacropod
That's just your brain trying to sleep, whether you let your body sleep or not.
isaypoopythingabecausemostofyouannoyme
Interesting.
wastewanderer
I did 2 days, also auditory hallucinations, got driven home from work and a coworker made me go to bed and took my computer’s mouse.
thevortexmaster
Yikes! Not fun
DougTrenches
Is "took my computer's mouse" an euphemism for something, or did he actually take something that went to your computer?
wastewanderer
He actually took my computer’s mouse, because I was playing way too much World of Warcraft.
CamoKiIIer
Sounds like they were staying up to play games.
Chickenlicker
I went 5 days, ended up having a car accident
thevortexmaster
Dang.
Atomic2
If its not privileged information, why did you go 5 days without sleep?
DefinitelyNotYourMother
.
Atomic2
check now
Fanible
And then try to drive...
Chickenlicker
I was getting sensations of being electrocuted in the face every 10 minutes like clockwork. It was so bad that I couldn't sleep. Over 4 days
Chickenlicker
I went to my GP, two dentists, got xrays but noone had any answers. I went to the hospital, they must have thought I was a druggo I,
Chickenlicker
hadn't slept for days and looked a wreck. I was a crying mess but they couldn't find anything wrong. On the 5th day I had a car accident,
hotdognachos69
Sorry dude. How didn't either dentist catch that?
PickleMorty
Thats pretty easy to beat on meth
BurtMaklinFBI
Yeah gotta second meth on this - but in all seriousness, as a recovered drug user - at what cost? I mean there IS an amount I guess ??♂️
daveisamonster
Your Weiner is easy to beat on meth
Trollydarollypolly
I did 12 days. Almost 13
BreezeyBop
I dunno man, on 9 my drug buddies handcuffed me to a bed in an attempt to make me sleep even they were worried
BreezeyBop
Day 9 of no sleep
thisguyonline1988
"There are some contests you don't need to win".
CaptainThePirate
But you can win this one
theyamayamaman
sorry, we'll try that again..."there are some contests that you don't NEED to win."
thisguyonline1988
Laughed pretty hard when I saw your reply. Good show, well played.
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anticiv666
I knew an old crazy tweaker who said he was awake for around 30 days. I'm not sure if it's possible but if so, he would be one of them.
kcidakcusog
I know a guy who said 44. Meth yes
TheZacAttack
No it wasnt 44. The human body still shuts down and dies, even with stimulants keeping you up. The other side is those people still sleep
TheZacAttack
They just dont remember it
kcidakcusog
Makes sence