Everyone knows R!f@@ doesn't sleep. He suffers from longtime sleep deprivation (LSD).

 

If I drink a can of Coke after 7pm I can't fall asleep. I am basically caffeine free.

I know what you need, you need a can of caffeine free coke

 

Then how many days without sleep at all MAY result in DEATH!?

If my wife doesn't sleep for 2 days, I'm sure to not survive it.

 

Every knows R!f@@ doesn't sleep.

If memory serves me, that's how we met him here at AAC. He was up for days on end and got angry that we were not helping him enough. Honestly, I don't know how he operates with so little sleep.

 

Again, Sleep ?

If memory serves me, that's how we met him here at AAC. He was up for days on end and got angry that we were not helping him enough. Honestly, I don't know how he operates with so little sleep.

You remember dho!

 

Well, it is known by errbody that one needs 8 hours of sleep in order for the human body system to perform properly!

Personal needs differ a LOT. Maybe 6, 8, 10 or maybe who knows...

Depends of age, job and physical condition.

I would add, also training / habit matters. In my personal case I've been doing a job that keeps me frequently awake for LONG periods and, much to my regret, I can work with a steady performance really longer that most of people. That does not says that I am happy with that, it is easy for me or that I am proud of it. At all.

My four children along their childhood behaved quite differently and while for "my" standard they did sleep a LOT, it was not by their mother's which also was able to sleep for long periods (and seemed / seem to actually need it).

Those 8 hours that seem to be carved in stone for some are as valid as the 4 times you have to eat every day or the times of the day you must/should eat.

There are so many varieties in all this that instead of rules the only thing you could make is to build nice statistics that the best of the Excels could not manage well....

BUT, the only solution when you are tired is to sleep as much you need and all those pills, drugs and the like are just junk.

 

Then how many days without sleep at all MAY result in DEATH!?

I doubt the lack of sleep itself would kill, although it does cause accidents.
This guy stayed awake for 11 days:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Randy_Gardner_(record_holder)

 

I doubt the lack of sleep itself would kill, although it does cause accidents.
This guy stayed awake for 11 days:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Randy_Gardner_(record_holder)

I would never be able to stay awake that long. I've never even pulled an all-nighter. I've always gotten at least 6 hours of sleep. Never less.

Going for long periods of time without sleep can lead to car accidents, or hallucinations that could cause you to do something stupid. Not sleeping probably won't kill you, but the things you do while awake can get pretty dangerous....

 

I once went about 7 days without any sleep unintentionally, what I would contribute to CFS. It was definitely not a pleasant experience.

 

I once went about 7 days without any sleep unintentionally, what I would contribute to CFS. It was definitely not a pleasant experience.

You mean you didn't even sleep for 1 hour or 30 minutes during those 7 days!? No Sleep at all...you didn't even close your eyes for 10 minutes?

 

I doubt the lack of sleep itself would kill, although it does cause accidents.
This guy stayed awake for 11 days:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Randy_Gardner_(record_holder)

Nice reading...it actually 18 days and something the deprivation of sleep record by another guy...

I'm so surprised!!! I've always told myself for some unknown reasons that the deprivation of sleep for couples days would kill but now I have an answer...

 

You mean you didn't even sleep for 1 hour or 30 minutes during those 7 days!? No Sleep at all...you didn't even close your eyes for 10 minutes?

No sleep! Nada, nunca, rien, kein, niets, nix, nil, zilch, zippo! Yes, I closed my eyes, count sheep, goats, chickens, binary, hex, tossed and turned but never fell asleep for a whole week.

 

U must be joking chips.

 

When you live in paradise,you can't waste valuable time sleeping.

If you haven't lived in paradise,you wouldn't have a clue.

Raiff knows of paradise,so does Loosewire.

No sticky,no hickies.

 

No sleep! Nada, rien, zilch! Yes, I closed my eyes, count sheep, goats, chickens, binary, hex, tossed and turned but never fell asleep for a whole week.

LOL...

How many languages can you speak? 'Zilch' which one is this?

 

I think it's German, for zero.

 

There have been cases of people with specific brain damage who could no longer sleep. They allowed themselves to be researched. Turns out they actually do sleep, for 5 minutes or so. They nod off, wake up, and never notice. They do lay down to allow their bodies to rest, just because you brain doesn't need down time any more your body does.

There are drugs the military has been playing with that do pretty much the same thing. The side effect (other than no sleeping) is the longer they (the volunteers) stay up the stupider they get. Nothing permanent (that I know of), but they are more likely to miss the obvious if they have been up for 72 hours.

 

I remember from my time in the army. That after some days without much sleep, cold and wet weather. And perhaps also combined with small intake of food. You may still function well doing more or less automated task. Like walking, talking and fire a gun even. But then it comes to more complicated things like writing a patrol report. Things suddenly turn out to be much harder. The brain runs slow like sirup

 

Yes, but in those circumstances you still need sleep. With the drugs the need is invisible. If it became common I suppose we would find out more about the side effects.

One good thing about them though, you don't get any kind of a buzz, and it doesn't destroy your liver, as with amphetamines. So they are really effective without the likelihood of being abused.

 

T06, is a military experiment ? Maybe that has some bearing on his

attachment to fish and fish pictures. He only posts when he

asleep or awake,its hard to tell the difference. Now the Rooster

never sleeps,except.