staying awake for 24 hrs

[Zalius]

only 4 hours of nap sleep. i do this shit way too much now that classes have started, but i actually like doing it


that being said, rockstar or redbull, this is critical. going to the ampm near my house in a few minutes after i take a shower. first class is at 8 am pst (5.5 hrs til i have to leave), then i have class until 3:05, then i work at 5 (only 3 hours)

i also have full intention of possibly taking an hour nap after classes at 3 assuming i can make someone wake me up, because physical force aside i know i wont.

[Kiro]

I can do that shit w/out energy drinks now. Been doing this since I was 15 or something.

[Zalius]

i have too, but it'll keep me from nodding off which is all that im worried about. the 18-20 hour mark are hard but after that im fine until hour 26-30ish. this will only be about 24 hours though. 4 hours of sleep before it is a bitch though

[Kiro]

Just gotta snack through the duration to keep your body fueled. Keeping your brain awake is a different story, gotta do SOMETHING that'll keep your mind off of how tired you are.

After the 24 hour mark for me the adrenaline kicks in big time and I have a hard time falling asleep. I've only stayed up for a max of maybe 40 hours.

[Zalius]

i did 54 during ffxi trying to get sleepga II, ended up falling asleep as soon as i got the scroll, didnt even use it and missed dynamis from sleeping. thats the longest ive ever done.


I planned on getting high fat stuff for as many calories as possible, so i'm definitely going to school with chips & making use of the vending machines. Classes will keep my mind occupied, because most of them are tests/quizzes today (3/4 classes).

I really like doing this though. I feel better when I wake up from sleeping after being awake for a long period of time

[Kiro]

Haha same.

[Zalius]

go time. think im just gonna go all vending machine between classes. bag of cheetos definitely helped

[Kiro]

Get chili fritooooooooooos

[Olo401]

I used to do this shit for fundraisers in high school.. hanging out with friends playing computer games & poker and once in a while making out with nerd grrls.

[Heian]

I really don't sleep a lot anymore, but my longest was five days, give or take a couple of hours. After that point you can start to mildly hallucinate which can be fun.

I used a lot of coffee and cigarettes back in the day for anything past three days, but now I can two and a half without a major impact on my abilities and not relying on massive amounts of chemicals, but I try to not do it too often, it wrecks your body regardless.

I would suggest staying away from the energy drinks because of the massive amounts of sugar in them, it makes you crash which causes you to become even more tired than before. Light snacking, a lot of fruits and nuts will tie you over because after a while, especially after a lot of coffee, you lose your appetite, so those are things that are quick and easy and don't make you sleepy after you eat them (avoid big heavy meals).

Also like the others have said keeping your mind occupied will make the time fly. A lot of this depends on the tasks you are doing, I only do this for what I call grunt work which is work that requires little to no creative thinking or cognitive abilities, for me this is model making and some drafting/3D Modeling work. If whatever you are doing requires a lot of creative thinking or alertness, try power naps on the couch/floor, one hour max after that you may fall into the regular sleep cycle and will sleep too long. You'll wake up with your body and mind feeling refreshed and get more done than what you would have if you just worked through that hour.

[Neoscrilla]

I operate on very little sleep too, and I have done the multi-day FFXI binge sessions too. Like stated before, you need to keep eating to sustain energy. The combination that I use is that I power down coffee, eat throughout (if the coffee dont suppress my appetite), smoke mass amounts of weed, and during the last 1/3 or 1/4 i hit up an energy drink or energy shot. Once you hit the "second wind" it isnt too bad, its just getting to that point...lol

[Alleya]

Motherfuckers need to read some science.

You're actually more productive if you get 6-7 hours of sleep every night than if you stayed up being a drugged up slug.

[Neoscrilla]

I like being a drugged up slug ; ;

[Zalius]

a. i like being a drugged up slug
b. i am productive as a motherfucker
c. i took 2 tests today, and im one of those assholes that gets a B+ or an A on anything regardless of how much effort i put into it so long as i do it. the music class went over the answers and i hunno'd that, the english paper was a paper and i prewrote the whole thing anyways, my rough draft was a worthy
d. fuck your science, i am a man motherfucker. sometimes i want to stay up for long periods of time to prove to myself i have crisis endurance. when you have to save the president's daughter, im sure the zombies will give you 6 hours to get your rest

[Ivve]

so how did this work out?

[Lqdsilver]

An 8ball of coke would keep me up for three days. Amazing how productive you can be freaking out for that long.

[Ivve]

lightweight

[Zalius]

it worked out great. fell asleep in less than a minute after i was home laying down in my bed. 11 hours and i feel pretty good right now, really thirsty but i dont feel like putting pants on and getting gatorade just yet

[Heian]

Pansy.

[Zalius]

about the pants or about sleeping