I once didn’t sleep for 53 hours. AMA.

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I once, out of curiosity, decided to stay awake for longer than I normally do. I didn’t have any particular reason or goal—I just wanted to see what my body could endure with a couple of litres of coffee. And no 🧢 , it was way easier than I thought it would be…

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  1. DearEvidence6282 Avatar

    So I guess my question is you likely haven’t done drugs other than coffee?

  2. Capital-Syllabub-476 Avatar

    How many hours did you sleep when you finally did go to sleep?

  3. ManasJain11 Avatar

    I once stayed awake for 42 hrs
    For me the hr between 20 and 30 were hardest was it similar for you
    Also after that I slept for around day iirc
    How much did you slept

  4. Kharku-1984 Avatar

    I stayed up for 48 hrs as well. Working full time as truck driver and full time college student during finals and no days off from work since i was paying for college outta pocket. No coffee either. I slept for 15 hrs after that.

  5. Jo_Beex Avatar

    Any microsleep? Waking dreams? Sensation of time distortion? I recall memory condensing so that. 48 hrs felt equivalent of 18 hrs. That odd mild fever feeling?

  6. Pristine-Strain5698 Avatar

    Me too, I was trying to get a baby outta me though so slightly different circumstances.

  7. effexor_haters_club Avatar

    Stims abusers be like: rookie numbers

  8. montemason Avatar

    Did you have hallucinations?

  9. FiveDogsInaTuxedo Avatar

    Lol dude I have insomnia just ask next time

  10. astro-the-creator Avatar

    Did you ever tried speed, amphetamine or cocaine? Those are rookie numbers for regular users 😂

  11. GuyLorakan Avatar

    I feel like pretty much everyone has done this

  12. Charming-Fix1020 Avatar

    53 hours is child’s play 

  13. Ok-Present1727 Avatar

    When I was a teenager a read about people with insomnia that could go weeks without sleep so I tried it I managed to go 5 days without sleeping the first couple of days were difficult then on the third day I wasn’t tired anymore so I just stayed up all night playing video games until I unknowingly fell asleep and I only awoke because my brother rolled me over to get to the remote control for the tv that I slept on.What insured when I awoke was a series of panic attacks and I ended up in the ER I had stopped breathing when I fell asleep and only my brother moving me woke me.After 4 years of being on Paxil for the severe panic attacks had because of not breathing I can say with confidence DONT TRY THIS!

  14. sub_pre Avatar

    I once cold turkey’d off opioids and benzoes at once and I didn’t sleep for 14 days. Absolutely worst experience of my life…

  15. sassynickles Avatar

    laughs in bipolar

  16. lesbianteengirl Avatar

    I once (recently) stayed awake for 96 hours, because I was in terrible pain and just couldn’t sleep. How long did you sleep for after and did you fall asleep easily?

  17. MrEdinLaw Avatar

    Did that without any drugs or anything. Just found out you can trade in Warframe.

  18. rootedtomyscreenlmao Avatar

    I would regularly pull anywhere between 24- 80h awake for a while because ✨️ addiction ✨️. Now I can barely stay up for 16h lmao don’t do that too often it’ll catch up to you in the long run

  19. A_curious_noob Avatar

    I used to smoke meth and stay up 7-8 days straight then sleep for like 24 hours then do it again.

  20. DaToasta Avatar

    I’m bi-polar and that’s just a bad week for me. I’m medicated and not doing lots of drugs so I’m a lot better these days but 3 nights then a few hours of fever dreams then another 2 nights without was not uncommon and I’ve gone longer than 3 nights before. Yeah I usually start talking to fairies once a bout of fever dreams (delirium tremors) has shaken me loose from reality.

  21. thefurnaceboy Avatar

    I did this when I was like 17, got up to like 58 hours and then started ‘hallucinating’, in quotes because It wasn’t like when you’re on drugs. I was just sitting there and I was in a completely white void building a railroad with my mind lol. Then my roommate shook me asking wtf was wrong with me and I guess I was like, dreaming with my eyes open?

  22. Potj44 Avatar

    Did a literal week without sleep on adderall nbd.

    People exaggerate the effects of sleep deprivation, its not that intense. I did not see anything or hear anything weird.

  23. BlumpkinDude Avatar

    Did you take modafinil? Shit is wild.