No.3526
What's the longest you haven't slept for?
What did it feel like? How did it affect you?
Share your experiences, please.
I'm planning on seeing how long I can last, just shooting for two days really. Bought plenty of food to help. At what point do I reach Enlightenment?
No.3528
>>3526
i have stayed awake for four days, i might have gone longer but i like sleeping. around the second day i started seeing small inky black things that kind of resembled insects darting across my peripheral vision, when i directly looked at them they disappeared. on the third day i saw stationary objects spin and or shake quickly for about half a second in my peripheral vision as well. on the fourth day the surface of everything rippled like liquid, also off and on heard voices whispering. it can be interesting, i would like to try it again sometime. if you plan on wanting to see strange things i don't think two days would be sufficient.
No.3529
>>3528
Thanks, very interesting. I'll see what I can do but maybe trying for 2 days first will be a good idea and then I'll go for more later.
Could you make out what the voices were whispering at all?
No.3530
>>3529
no, it was soft and unintelligible. that sounds like a good plan, could you update about your experiences when you try it?
No.3531
>>3530
Yeah, definitely.
Looking forward to relaxing to some Vaporwave stuff but I'll have to make sure I dont fall asleep.
No.3532
>>3531
i would imagine that listening to vaporwave would make time feel like its going by much more slowly. if you have a hobby i'd suggest doing that instead. what kind of foods did you get to prepare for this and what are you looking to get out of this experience?
No.3533
>>3532
Just snacks and easy to prepare stuff, which is really all I buy anyway. I eat when I get bored and it helps keep me awake a bit. So, nothing special then. I got a bunch of corn chips and energy drinks on special, some lollies, mince and cheese pies and saveloys.
I guess I want to experience things outside of the norm, outside of how our bodies usually perceive things? The same reason I like the idea of taking certain drugs (trying to get my hands on something more interesting than weed currently). Plus I've been rather apathetic and this seemed like something more interesting to do with myself.
Good point about the vaporwave. I've gone with something more 'future funk' while I mess around with SeaMonkey.
Been awake for 20 hours now, not as tired as I'd usually be. Still got South Park on the Television as it has been constantly lately. Feeling like I should be able to hit 48 hours without too much trouble.
No.3535
>>3533
again i don't think two days will be enough if thats what you're looking for, its just going to feel like a really long day. at most you'll experience is a temporary spike of energy then just crash.
No.3536
>>3535
Yeah, I know. I mean, that's ultimately why I want to see how long I can stay up for. This time is like a practice run, I'll see how I feel when I hit 2 days and I'll either sleep and try beat 2 days next time or I'll just keep on going.
No.3557
No.3564
Longest I went without sleep was two days and I was 16
I call it my 'kirov mode' after the kirov airship in Red alert 3 (which has an ability to go faster but then it damages itself)
Didn't see anything weird, but I had this feeling of great detachment, like I was watching someone else doing things instead of me contriving my own body.
No.3565
I recall reading that you start having some degree of hallucinations on (or after) the third day.
I haven't been awake for more than 2 days I think. I've tried to stay up longer but the dizzy nauseousness gets too strong after the nth cup of coffee. You kind of forget about why in the fuck you'd want to stay up after a while and the bed is too comfy to resist.
No.3569
>>3557
I was a few hours from only the second day I think, not sure exactly when. The couch was so comfy, and it was too easy to stop punishing myself and just drift off into nothingness.
It was fun, and interestingly I was less hungry than usual. I agree with the 'detatchment' someone else mentioned, that weird dissociation you start getting.
I wasn't really up for that long so it wasn't getting too many crazy effects, I mistook some thing in my peripheral vision as time went on but not so much hallucinated. No voices, though some sounds were deceiving. I would like to try for two days+ but I would have to like, practice or something and it kinda sucks at some point.
I'll have to search for some more stuff about people who have stayed up for extreme amounts of time, I saw something about people having a condition where they feel no need to sleep and don't really get "sleepy".
No.3572
>>3526
I've posted this months ago in another thread.
I hadn't slept for 3 days, skyping with a friend, was taking pictures of my hand over and over again, at one point I was listening to floral shoppe while on the floor, an started laughing so hard for at least 2 minute straight and it felt like my eyes were trying to escape my head.
My friend told me to draw in paint, this is the result of that.
No.3576
>>3572
>>3573
you sound like you were losing your mind, when i did the four days i was able to keep my mind grounded in reality. it makes me want to break my record, i've been awake for 4 hours now.
No.3578
>>3576
Thank you, and godspeed. I hope you make it.
No.3579
>>3578
thanks, i'll be lurking.
No.3584
>>3572
>>3573
Thank you, and to everyone else for their input. Good idea to draw the picture,
>>3576 you should try drawing or writing something too, it gives an interesting insight to your state of mind.
No.3586
>>3584
yeah i was thinking the same thing, i'll probably draw something as i hit the second day. i am currently 10 hours in the first day.
No.3587
>>3584
>>3586
on second thought, probably every 12 hours to be more thorough of the current state of mind at the time.
No.3589
I have never stayed up for very long, but I have a fact that makes up for it.
From the Guiness Book of World Records 1975:
>The longest recorded period for which a person has voluntarily gone without sleep is 288hr (12 days) by Roger Guy English, 23, in a waterbed showroom in San Diego, California from 10.30 a.m. 20 March to 10.30 a.m. 1 April 1974 without stimulants other than coffee. He has suffered hallucinations following this most ill-advised test.
No.3592
>>3576
>>3584
Days: 0
Hours: 12
i feel a little tired but nothing else noteworthy. i couldn't figure out what to draw so i just redrew a random picture from an image search. i am not a really drawfag but heres a tired fit qt.
>>3589
i hear it only gets seriously harmful around the sixth day, like i said i've gone four days without any side effects so five shouldn't be too bad.
No.3604
>>3592
Days: 1
Hours: 0
same thing as before but just more tired,
No.3613
>>3604
Days: 1
Hours: 12
groggy, with a headache; i already got the sleep deprived energy high and am now crashing. i paced and drank some coffee to keep me from nodding off. i guess my age is catching up to me.
No.3617
>>3592
>>3604
>>3613
Are you still up? I like your drawings. Whenever I drew, I couldn't achieve those sketchy lines, I could only get clean, thick ones; mostly because I can only bare down really hard and really light.
No.3618
>>3617
yeah, thanks. didn't think anyone was actually paying attention. funny thing is that i hate the sketching lines and would prefer clean ones.
No.3619
>>3618
No problem. Why do you prefer clean lines?
No.3620
>>3619
i am kind of a perfectionist when it comes to my own drawings, i just find clean lines more appealing. as you can imagine practicing has always been counterproductive, which lead to me drawing off and on for about ten years now. waiting long enough to forget everything i know and start off again each time trying to get it right. the only reason i am posting these is because i am too tired to overthink it.
No.3621
>>3620
I prefer sketchy lines because they kind of make the drawing look more detailed. Are your lines sketchy because you redo them until they're just right?
No.3622
>>3621
you're exactly right.
No.3624
>>3622
Okay, I understand now. Maybe practicing clean lines by drawing things that aren't as filled with straight and orderly lines so that there isn't as much pressure to draw a perfect line would be better. So, for example, instead of drawing a cute girl enjoying the spring in her dress you could draw that girl taking a walk out in the snow in a baggy jacket. Then you could hopefully work your way into getting it right the first time and start drawing things with more orderly lines. Do you have any straight-edges or things of the likes to guide you with your drawing?
No.3625
>>3624
yeah, brushing up on some line confidence exercises should help me. i've been working so hard on figure form that the clothes obviously show little to no effort.
No.3627
>>3613
i think am going to get the flu, the headache keeps getting worse and i feel like shit now. if i don't report back at the usual times then i probably did, if that happens i'll start over and try again when i feel better.
No.3628
>>3613
>crashing
WITH NO SURVIVORS
No.3629
>>3627
took some medicines and lied on the floor staring at the ceiling for a couple of hours, the headache has mostly subsided but still cant shake the feeling of nausea; the voices on tv are starting to echo and my ceiling fan now sounds like an industrial machine.
>>3628
No.3630
>>3629
how long has it been?
No.3631
>>3630
about 2 days and 6 hours
No.3632
>>3631
Are you still alive? How do you get past the nauseousness? I always end up surrendering to it.
No.3633
>>3632
i have a lot of experience drinking so nausea doesn't bother me too much. you just have to tough it out.
No.3635
>>3613
>>3627
>>3629
Days:2
Hours:13
the black bugs have been starting to loom in my peripheral vision, my speech is also beginning to slur and my perception of time is getting worse; so much so i found my self trying to untangle two crossed wires for five minutes. i am still tired and no longer feel the need to sleep or to close my eyelids. i have drank a little over 16oz of coffee today.
No.3638
>>3526
Oh, neat. That used to be my hobby.
Actually, I used to have a blog where I did this. My record was just short of 98 consecutive hours, you wouldn't even believe how pissed I was that I didn't break 100. I did try again a second time and managed something like 112 but there was a like a 3 hour nap in there somewhere which destroyed the whole attempt. Though I carried on just to see where it'd go.
It was normal for me, as is my insomnia made it so, that I wouldn't sleep for about 32-36 hours since the last time I woke up. So anything less than two days consecutive was more or less "normal" and I can't comment much on that.
Around 70 hours I seemed to hit a wall, I could do less than that on command as long as I prepared myself for it, but anything after it was a struggle and could end at any moment. I attribute it to the microsleeps which really set in at that point.
Do to the total loss of any coherency you've got to make sure nothing important is going to happen while you're doing this, and that you won't be leaving the house. Music has been kinda iffy with me, too easy to sort of go into a trance and pass out, the real trick is keeping your conscious at the forefront. Snacks will end you, period. As will stimulants, although if you're trying to pass a certain milestone they can help at the last leg of the race. Take in your b vitamins but never too many and not all at once, eat sparingly, and avoid fatty, sugery, and salty foods like the plague. I'll also say, fapping will destroy your attempts as will whatever drugs you might be into. Even meth will put you under once the comedown starts.
I had a lot of good progress with out and out fasting, but due to the sheer number of times I'd fuck around with this, it wasn't exactly viable all the time. Always felt like it put me in the right mindset for it, aware enough to not slip into micros, while numb enough the boredom didn't put me under. And boredom will because your attention span will become shit and you'll have fuck all to do as a result.
>>3565
It's very very simular to the sort of thing you get with large doses of benadryl (80-100 pills or so). Takes a special kind of masochism to enjoy.
I'd post a link to my archived attempts but blogger seems to have eaten my account for inactivity. Since this was all about six years ago I guess that's understandable.
No.3639
>>3638
>eat sparingly, and avoid fatty, sugery, and salty foods like the plague.
any reason for avoiding those types of foods? because thats all i have been eating.
No.3640
>>3639
They make you sleepy.
Your body does the, okay I'm well and fed time to crash thing.
You want to be eating just enough to keep your energy levels up without triggering that response or resorting to things that will make you crash on the comedown. Leafy greens do a so so job of this, I grow a lot of cabbage in my yard, so that's what I used. You could just grab whatever's at hand though.
Also a bit of a pro tip, if your stomach isn't too bad try sucking on a bay leaf when your getting drowsy. Pretty much impossible to fall asleep with one in your mouth, but mind the effect it'll have on your nauseousness which will already be pretty iffy after the second day.
No.3641
>>3640
thanks for the tips, i'll keep them in mind. i would have liked to read through your previous attempts.
No.3643
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>>3640
> time to crash
WITH NO SURVIVORS!
No.3644
>>3635
Days:3
Hours:2
more or less the same experience from the previous post; i am start to develop a sound delay and a slower reaction time. i spent this whole time sitting through the entirety of the beelzebub anime, each episode back to back. drawing is also getting more difficult as it makes the headaches come back.
No.3646
>>3644
Good progress so far.
If you decide to take anything for the headaches be careful not to go with anything that has antihistamines or caffeine in it.
You should be seeing the spiders by tomorrow.
No.3647
>>3646
i was taking some meds for the headaches at first then stopped yesterday; just a little over a day and a half to go to reach my goal. spiders are the least of my concern, i am more worried about the wall snakes.
No.3655
>read this thread about staying awake
>get sleepy reading it
No.3657
>>3647
Good luck, after day three is when it starts to get intense.
How's your focus doing? The delirium try to trick you back into bed yet?
No.3658
>>3657
i can make; i saw something a little while ago that resembled inky, shadowy molasses dripping from the ceiling.
No.3659
>>3658
Hey, at least that's sensible. It's the weird dream logic shit that gets to me. Though, only in hindsight.
No.3661
>>3659
i am pretty good at keeping one foot in reality so its no problem for me, knowing everything is the way it is due to lack of sleep.
this post sums it up the experience well. >>3565
No.3665
>>3644
Days: 3
Hours: 17
the only thing keeping me going is knowing that its almost over. drawing has been the most difficult part of this experience; the first sketches took only five minutes, now they take almost an hour and give me headaches. i can hear the sound of music playing through the loud gnashing of the industrial ceiling fan. just one more day.
No.3675
>>3665
Days: 4
Hours: 15
i am probably just going to draw one last time when i hit the fifth day then go to sleep right after and post it when i wake up. my vision now has scan lines, it feels like looking through a tv screen which is adding to the sense of delirium. i have not left my house in four days so i decided to go out and buy a beer, i was in no shape to drive so i just walked to the closet place that sold alcohol which was a walmart. i was not aware of what day it was until i got there, there were about 100 people because of some pre-black friday sale. i walked in and got a 40oz; i had to wait more than ten minutes in line to pay so i had time to look at what was happening around me. everyone was in a hurry but were moving slowing at the same time; the air buzzed of noise from everyone talking yet at the same time i could hear each individual persons' conversations. i went it to a some kind of trance from the sound of everyone talking, i could see myself standing in 3rd person for brief moments. the chirp of some nearby person's phone broke me out of it and i turned to look instantaneously. he was happy while talking to some people as he picked up the phone to view the message, his smile quickly became an empty one. as if he was already expecting what he read but didn't want to hear it. when i got home i drank the 40z in one chug and started drawing again for the experiment, i vomited a few minutes in and now have the spins; just a few more hours.
No.3677
>>3675
What a ride; sleep tight.
No.3679
I'm a lightweight. Basically on new years eve/day I see how much I can stay awake past 24 hours. I don't go much further than 26 hours. I get the feeling that I won't do nearly as well this year because I've got a job now, resulting in less energy.
No.3682
>>3675
i don't know what i was trying to do but i do remember it looking a whole lot better then. i had one of those types of blink sleep, closed my eyes and before i knew it woke back up. still tired and nauseous with some body aches.
No.3692
>>3682
Folks in the polyphasic community call those micro sleeps. They were a nightmare for me when I was just getting on an uberman schedule.
Congratulations on making it through!
No.3693
>>3692
thanks. i have never heard of that community before.
No.3707
I haven't gone longer than 40 hours, so not much to brag about. however I did hear an interesting thing about sleep deprivation, that it supposedly cancels the effects of depression once you go past 16 hours or so. would've been too stressed at the time to notice much though.
>>3564
>had this feeling of great detachment, like I was watching someone else doing things
can relate to this definitely. you become kind of dismissive of your own senses; "oh I felt that but i didn't *really* feel it"
No.3709
I regularly go without sleep for 30-40 hours.
Due to my current lifestyle (on break from university) I have no restrictions at all on my time. So I'll have a somewhat normal cycle for half the week, then the other half will be two super days where I fuck around for hours and hours and just decide its not worth sleeping all daylight hours. Oddly enough, its usually around the 18 hour mark or so that I feel the most productive and at ease.
I get super tired at around 25-30 hrs usually, but I can push through for a full 48 fairly easily. I have gone past 2 days, but it gets weird at that point. Like you're just coasting by on instinct, mostly asleep anyways.
Obligatory remark on my depression etc. being the cause.
No.3713
>>3707
16 hours is how much you should stay up regardless, so that you can have the last 8 hours of the day to sleep.
Other than >>3709, does anybody else have odd sleep schedules? I sleep for 2-4 hours twice a day. I tried going back to a normal schedule forever ago, but this is just what's stuck with me.
No.3731
>>3713
should clarify that the anti-depression thing is only supposed to last as long as you remain awake. in the long term I imagine sleep deprivation has pretty negative effects.
No.3737
>>3526
>>3572
>>3573
I posted the thing about the ms paint collage and I did this drawing today in my free time after being really tired and hungry.
No.3738
>>3737
how long were you awake?
No.3745
Just a protip guys, stillnox is not your friend. Take too much and it changes your personality and your reactions to stimuli.
Herbal stuff is okay, though....
No.3753
No.3754
>>3753
are you still going or did you fall asleep?
No.3763
No.3764
>>3763
it looks pretty cool, congratulations.
No.3765
No.3780
>>3526
When I was 12, I stayed awake for 5 days.
Me and my mom were on a Grey Hound Bus going to Texas, I had to stay awake since my mom was blind and I couldn't go to sleep worrying about her.
That entire bus ride was absolute hell, my eyes felt like fried eggs, I kept hearing fucking buzzing everywhere.
Main reason I stayed up so long was because I refused to eat for most of the trip, seeing as the hunger helped me stay awake.
It was one of the most difficult trials I have ever faced as a person, seriously messed me up, I still have nightmares about it.