jonathan01n
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What is you longest awake- which means you do not have your eyes closed and can you explain why you are not asleep? I am interested because I haven't sleep for 16 hours and prior to that I have only 4 hour sleep.
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What is your longest awake
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AlterEgo
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If you think 16 hours is a long day, you must be student!
EM2
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16 hours is certainly not unusual for me.
On a twelve-hour day shift I will be up at 5am and go to bed at 9pm, so that's sixteen hours awake, and on a twelve-hour night shift, I will be up at 2pm and go to bed at 7am, so that's seventeen hours.
I do these shifts every five weekends.
The longest I can remember being awake is thirty-seven hours, which included a drive from Whitstable to Holyhead and then from Dublin to Killeshandra in Co. Cavan, so about eleven hours in total.
On a twelve-hour day shift I will be up at 5am and go to bed at 9pm, so that's sixteen hours awake, and on a twelve-hour night shift, I will be up at 2pm and go to bed at 7am, so that's seventeen hours.
I do these shifts every five weekends.
The longest I can remember being awake is thirty-seven hours, which included a drive from Whitstable to Holyhead and then from Dublin to Killeshandra in Co. Cavan, so about eleven hours in total.
I was awake from 4pm on Tuesday through to about 11pm last night. 30 hours. This is due to me getting the sleeper from London to Scotland on the seats and getting zero sleep and then a day of bashing followed by meeting Blindtraveller in the evening for a catch up and meal before his overnight coach to London.
MidnightFlyer
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Longest I've ever managed is 28 hours, a mixture of uni lectures and general lazing about (since I was a student 
). Was quite relieved to go to bed afterwards!
). Was quite relieved to go to bed afterwards!
roversfan2001
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Must be around 36 hours for me - up at the usual 8am one day, no sleep overnight to make sure I was up early enough the next, asleep at 8pm and completely ruining my sleep cycle for a few days. 
chris89
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Only three times so far for me.
Way to NYC from Glasgow. Up about 5/6am to get to Glasgow Airport, Got into the states 11am(EST), Awake until Midnight (EST)
NYC to Glasgow, 7am (EST) Flight wasn't until 7/8PM (EST) back into the UK about 8am (GMT) made it until about midday when fell asleep.
Last time back in March/ April, 8am did not go to sleep the next day until about 3/4PM as, collected my dad from his Hospital Stay, then from about 11pm back to A&E's and waiting about. Only got a very few power naps in the car.
Way to NYC from Glasgow. Up about 5/6am to get to Glasgow Airport, Got into the states 11am(EST), Awake until Midnight (EST)
NYC to Glasgow, 7am (EST) Flight wasn't until 7/8PM (EST) back into the UK about 8am (GMT) made it until about midday when fell asleep.
Last time back in March/ April, 8am did not go to sleep the next day until about 3/4PM as, collected my dad from his Hospital Stay, then from about 11pm back to A&E's and waiting about. Only got a very few power naps in the car.
alxndr
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The longest has probably been after nights that I've simply not managed to sleep at all. Probably pushing 26-28 hours at times then.
I know after about 20-22 hours (depending on my sleep debt) I start to sound and act as though I'm getting drunk. Great fun trying to coherently explain things when I'm that state, slurring, and making strange connections.
I know after about 20-22 hours (depending on my sleep debt) I start to sound and act as though I'm getting drunk. Great fun trying to coherently explain things when I'm that state, slurring, and making strange connections.
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38 hours is mine.
Got up about 9am on a Friday and packed for holiday. At about half past midnight we set off down to Portsmouth to get a ferry (I can't sleep whilst traveling so whilst every other passenger slept I stayed awake with the driver). We didn't sleep on the ferry because we met up with the other family parties coming on the same holiday. When we got to France we drove another four hours or so to the vollage in Normandy. After we'd arrived at the cottage and unpacked we lit a BBQ and partied/talked the night away. At 11pm I finaly went to bed.
Then up at 7 the next morning.
I was cream-crackerd!
Got up about 9am on a Friday and packed for holiday. At about half past midnight we set off down to Portsmouth to get a ferry (I can't sleep whilst traveling so whilst every other passenger slept I stayed awake with the driver). We didn't sleep on the ferry because we met up with the other family parties coming on the same holiday. When we got to France we drove another four hours or so to the vollage in Normandy. After we'd arrived at the cottage and unpacked we lit a BBQ and partied/talked the night away. At 11pm I finaly went to bed.
Then up at 7 the next morning.
I was cream-crackerd!
DarloRich
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with or without chemical stimulants?
If minor cat napping is allowed: awake all day on holiday on the other side of the Atlantic, onto a seriously delayed overnight flight where I couldn't sleep, awake during the day in Paris/London, missed my train so got the seated sleeper to Scotland (couldn't really sleep again), home, shower and into work for 8am and did a full day. So a maximum of 8 hours sleep across 72.
LiftFan
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Mine? About 60 hours as I had the entire house to myself for the week so I decided to stay up talking to my friends, and realised it was light. The evening after I had a ton of energy drinks (terrible, I know) and was awake for even longer. Throughout the last day I started hallucinating so I got an early night and the best lie-in of my life.
On a normal day I wake up at 6:30, catch the bus at 7, arrive at college at about 8:45 and leave again at 16:30, get into town at about 18:00, get home about 18:15 depending on if I don't miss my bus connection up the hill. I then have dinner and spend the evening working on assignments and talking to my friends, then head off to bed at about 00:00, getting to sleep about 1:30. All in all my normal days are 19 hours long on 5 hours sleep. How do I do it? Tea.
On a normal day I wake up at 6:30, catch the bus at 7, arrive at college at about 8:45 and leave again at 16:30, get into town at about 18:00, get home about 18:15 depending on if I don't miss my bus connection up the hill. I then have dinner and spend the evening working on assignments and talking to my friends, then head off to bed at about 00:00, getting to sleep about 1:30. All in all my normal days are 19 hours long on 5 hours sleep. How do I do it? Tea.
When I first got Skyrim for the PS3, I stayed up 11am -> midnight -> midnight -> 8am, for 45 hours. I subsequently slept until the following morning 
GaryMcEwan
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In my younger days of being a student and clubbing and partying, the longest I've managed was 62 hours. Never again will I be doing that...
Peter Mugridge
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I've done 40 - 42 hours several times when I was younger, mostly when doing day trips on Eurostar using the first one out in the morning - of necessity that meant an all nighter at either Waterloo or, more recently, St Pancras. These days I do "stay over" trips so I can travel mid morning out and mid afternoon back.
For the past few years I have been running on an average of 5 - 6 hours sleep a night.
For the past few years I have been running on an average of 5 - 6 hours sleep a night.
25 hours when my son was born last year.
Woke at 0500 to get my wife to hospital at 0700 for a planned C-section. Only to find that C-section was no longer necessary, so she was induced for natural labour. My son was eventually born at 0035 early the next morning, and we eventually got some sleep as the sun was rising about 0600 when my wife got space on a ward.
Desite me having to make do with an armchair and two stools to lay across, I got a solid couple of hours in!
Woke at 0500 to get my wife to hospital at 0700 for a planned C-section. Only to find that C-section was no longer necessary, so she was induced for natural labour. My son was eventually born at 0035 early the next morning, and we eventually got some sleep as the sun was rising about 0600 when my wife got space on a ward.
Desite me having to make do with an armchair and two stools to lay across, I got a solid couple of hours in!
Certainly in excess of 60 hours like a few more here. Touring productions when they go to plan usually go ok with between 6 and 8 hours sleep most nights with the odd back to back show where you are up at 8am, rig, show, derig, drive truck/bus/van/car to next show and have a couple of hours sleep before being up again. Sometimes of course that goes wrong and a delay can mean you go without any sleep for a night. It's something you get used to doing although at only 33 I can assure you I am worse at it than I was when I was 23. There are times when something goes wrong the day before a show that was going to be a long day anyway and it all adds up to you doing 8am Monday to 3am thursday for example sleep free. I don't do energy drinks, or coffee (heart issues) so I have to rely on being used to it. Recently I have been ill so I have been unable to do a normal day let alone the very long ones.
In my clubbing days, I've probably gone for a couple of days with little or no sleep, but it was something I didn't like to make a habit of, even when I was younger.
The last all-nighter I pulled was when I was watching the general election results, and it took me a day or two to recover from that.
The last all-nighter I pulled was when I was watching the general election results, and it took me a day or two to recover from that.
ChiefPlanner
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About 30 hours on duty - the 1996 Watford crash - and about 60 hours worked over the weekend .....adrenalin and energy reserves kicked in big time.
So 0600 on the Thursday to about 1800 on Friday - and little sleep until first train passed through on Monday at 0530 , then a normal day and passed out that night. Slept on the office floor for a few hours in between calls and 4 hourly planning meetings.
Was a bit younger ...
So 0600 on the Thursday to about 1800 on Friday - and little sleep until first train passed through on Monday at 0530 , then a normal day and passed out that night. Slept on the office floor for a few hours in between calls and 4 hourly planning meetings.
Was a bit younger ...
Back in my bashing days, during the summer timetable I would regularly get up about 0700 on a Fri to go to work then in the evening set off for the weekend, not getting any sleep until I got home late on Sunday night. That's about 63 hours.
tsr
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Rarely more than 24 hours, though I have done that (or 22/23) quite often. New Year's Eve / Day from 2015-2016 was easily in the region of 26 hours.
I've also done 3 or 4, maybe 5, days with no more than a couple of hours' decent sleep per night, with a final sleep of 12-13 hours at the end of it. Even at the end of "the long sleep" (as I call it) I tend to feel a bit naff.
I've also done 3 or 4, maybe 5, days with no more than a couple of hours' decent sleep per night, with a final sleep of 12-13 hours at the end of it. Even at the end of "the long sleep" (as I call it) I tend to feel a bit naff.
Temple Meads
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Pull between 30 and 45 hours quite regularly on overnight trips, I'm usually unable to sleep on the outward leg, I'm alert in the open air, and can still walk long distances without issues, but after about 24 hours without sleep I start to nod off while on trains, or buses/coaches.
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