What’s the longest you’ve gone without sleeping?

Siberian13 · 05-13-2021, 11:07 AM

Just finished a 43 hour stretch. What’s the longest you’ve gone without any sleep at all?

corndog · 05-13-2021, 11:10 AM

Right at 54 hours.

I was 24 and worked 3rd shift.

Boo · 05-13-2021, 11:14 AM

Saraste made it 5 hours one time. Glen has been trying to beat that for years but hasn't been able to yet.

BostonNut · 05-13-2021, 11:16 AM

23 hour jaunt to Tampa.

Four years ago clowns...before Brady got there.

asujbl · 05-13-2021, 11:17 AM

Never over 24. Never even thought about it.

Boo · 05-13-2021, 11:18 AM

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Originally Posted by asujbl

Never over 24. Never even thought about it.

Weak and you claim to have gone to ASU

BostonNut · 05-13-2021, 11:20 AM

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Originally Posted by Boo

Weak and you claim to have gone to ASU

He went for the grades, not the girls and weather.

Boo · 05-13-2021, 11:22 AM

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Originally Posted by BostonNut

He went for the grades, not the girls and weather.

asujbl · 05-13-2021, 11:23 AM

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Originally Posted by Boo

Weak and you claim to have gone to ASU

No one at ASU has ever stayed awake for 24 because they passed out drunk first

Unless that doesn’t count

fulltritty · 05-13-2021, 11:23 AM

Did over 24 hours when I was in the Navy stationed in Spain.

1 hour eating dinner, getting ready, and walking to work

12 hour overnight shift

11 hours traveling and running with the bulls in Arcos de la Frontera

1 hour eating dinner, getting ready, and walking to work

12 hour overnight shift

Of course I was 20 at the time.

asujbl · 05-13-2021, 11:23 AM

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Originally Posted by BostonNut

He went for the grades, not the girls and weather.

Don’t forget the golf

That was the trifecta

BostonNut · 05-13-2021, 11:24 AM

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Originally Posted by Boo

Hey..he scored a job where he can afford Browns season tickets...

Boo · 05-13-2021, 11:27 AM

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Originally Posted by BostonNut

Hey..he scored a job where he can afford Browns season tickets...

asujbl · 05-13-2021, 11:35 AM

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Originally Posted by Boo

I can’t even argue

I’m going to make a fortune this year (already got offered $2,000 for my Texans tickets)

But I’ll need 6 figures to offset the 00’s and 01’s

GeechQuest · 05-13-2021, 11:40 AM

Took an extended release Adderall one time. Hit ~60 hours.

Would not do that again.

Boo · 05-13-2021, 11:40 AM

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Originally Posted by asujbl

I can’t even argue

I’m going to make a fortune this year (already got offered $2,000 for my Texans tickets)

But I’ll need 6 figures to offset the 00’s and 01’s

JeremyNick · 05-13-2021, 11:43 AM

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Originally Posted by asujbl

I can’t even argue

I’m going to make a fortune this year (already got offered $2,000 for my Texans tickets)

But I’ll need 6 figures to offset the 00’s and 01’s

Who issues the 1099 for those gainz?

JeremyNick · 05-13-2021, 11:48 AM

~40 hours.

2009 when I was 25. Had to do 3 separate organ/tissue donations in 3 separate hospitals about 5 hours apart.

Left Monday morning around 2am, got home Tuesday around dinner time. Took myself off the schedule for the next 2 days and hibernated.

JeffG1954 · 05-13-2021, 11:48 AM

After enlisting in the Air Force in 1973 I was stationed in Roanoke Rapids, North Carolina. Got leave and drove home to the west coast in 51 hours.

pac213up · 05-13-2021, 11:52 AM

37 hours on a trip to Thailand. I do not sleep on planes.

asujbl · 05-13-2021, 12:03 PM

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Originally Posted by JeremyNick

Who issues the 1099 for those gainz?

Don’t need one. I self report (seriously)

As I can lose my license if I get audited... forget just owing some money

Damn 3 hours of ethics I am required to do

Ticketmaster might actually have thresholds. I never even thought about that honestly.

JeremyNick · 05-13-2021, 12:07 PM

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Originally Posted by asujbl

Don’t need one. I self report (seriously)

As I can lose my license if I get audited... forget just owing some money

Damn 3 hours of ethics I am required to do

Ticketmaster might actually have thresholds. I never even thought about that honestly.

Pretty sure BOCPA said that reporting is voluntary.

Saraste · 05-13-2021, 12:40 PM

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Originally Posted by Boo

Saraste made it 5 hours one time. Glen has been trying to beat that for years but hasn't been able to yet.

In spite of popular belief I've gone over 24 hours without sleep many times. It happened quite a few times last year when my sleep schedule went wonky. The longest I ever went was about 44 hours (in my early 20's). Fortunately the drive home at the end of that was short as I should not have been driving. When Hurricane Charlie hit the Florida west coast back in 2004 I was working overnights. I had come off of a 10 hours shift when management asked me if I would stay in the building keeping an eye on things while the storm went on outside. I went home for a couple of hours and went back to ride the storm out. They told me to sleep if I could. Well, the building was making all sorts of weird noises because of the wind. There was no other noise so I could hear everything.

No way I was sleeping with that happening.

LCM1223 · 05-13-2021, 12:54 PM

Day and a half, so 36-40h somewhere in that range

spuds1961 · 05-13-2021, 01:22 PM

During hurricane Katrina I worked 3 12 hour shifts in a row for the ambulance company starting with a 6 am to 6 pm and working straight through as the people that were supposed to relieve me couldn’t make it to work. It wasn’t horrible but I would never do it again.

View Poll Results: How long have you gone without sleep?
Never over 24 hours	13	13.83%
Over 24 hours	24	25.53%
Over 36 hours	30	31.91%
Over 48 hours	17	18.09%
Over 60 hours	5	5.32%
72 hours +	5	5.32%
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05-13-2021, 11:07 AM	#1
Siberian13 Member Join Date: Feb 2015 Posts: 78,617 shiller13	What’s the longest you’ve gone without sleeping? Just finished a 43 hour stretch. What’s the longest you’ve gone without any sleep at all?

05-13-2021, 11:10 AM	#2
corndog BODA Join Date: Jul 2013 Location: From a table in McDonalds, with lovely fake flowers on it. Posts: 18,201	Right at 54 hours. I was 24 and worked 3rd shift. __________________ He has no rival, He has no equal.

05-13-2021, 11:14 AM	#3
Boo Member Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: PA Posts: 57,129 klay22	Saraste made it 5 hours one time. Glen has been trying to beat that for years but hasn't been able to yet. __________________ I have found that flicking through a few threads on my smartphone is a great way to pass some time while "stocking the pond."Hairy 6/7/12 “ I feel you, brother. Welcome to East Berlin, circa 1963.” Hairy 5/9/20

05-13-2021, 11:16 AM	#4
BostonNut Member Join Date: Jul 2009 Posts: 61,706	23 hour jaunt to Tampa. Four years ago clowns...before Brady got there. __________________ "It's true that whenever rectal issues come to mind thoughts of you aren't far behind" - HairySas September 4, 2025 "GD it. I am a doofus." - majestik101 October 16, 2025 “This is the baseball section, NN ” - Bosoxfan5990 November 25, 2025

05-13-2021, 11:17 AM	#5
asujbl Member Join Date: Jun 2010 Posts: 63,304 ohiosundevils	Never over 24. Never even thought about it. __________________ https://ohiosundevils.smugmug.com/ Browns/Cavs/Tribe/Buckeyes/Jackets/Devils TheFrenzy - “Blowout ain't a place for normies”

05-13-2021, 11:23 AM	#10
fulltritty Member Join Date: Jun 2013 Location: King George, VA Posts: 78,688	Did over 24 hours when I was in the Navy stationed in Spain. 1 hour eating dinner, getting ready, and walking to work 12 hour overnight shift 11 hours traveling and running with the bulls in Arcos de la Frontera 1 hour eating dinner, getting ready, and walking to work 12 hour overnight shift Of course I was 20 at the time.

05-13-2021, 11:40 AM	#15
GeechQuest Member Join Date: Jan 2014 Location: Cedar Park, TX Posts: 10,779 GeechQuest	Took an extended release Adderall one time. Hit ~60 hours. Would not do that again.

05-13-2021, 11:48 AM	#18
JeremyNick Banned Join Date: Jun 2019 Posts: 22,801	~40 hours. 2009 when I was 25. Had to do 3 separate organ/tissue donations in 3 separate hospitals about 5 hours apart. Left Monday morning around 2am, got home Tuesday around dinner time. Took myself off the schedule for the next 2 days and hibernated.

05-13-2021, 11:48 AM	#19
JeffG1954 Member Join Date: May 2018 Posts: 3,132	After enlisting in the Air Force in 1973 I was stationed in Roanoke Rapids, North Carolina. Got leave and drove home to the west coast in 51 hours.

05-13-2021, 11:52 AM	#20
pac213up Member Join Date: Aug 2007 Posts: 8,268	37 hours on a trip to Thailand. I do not sleep on planes. __________________ "Show me a good loser and I'll show you a loser." - Red Auerbach

05-13-2021, 12:54 PM	#24
LCM1223 Member Join Date: Sep 2013 Location: Pennsylvania Posts: 26,588 lucards1295	Day and a half, so 36-40h somewhere in that range __________________ Total Topps BUNT Profits: $1626.51 KICK: $3243.82 HUDDLE: $300.22 STAR WARS CARD TRADER: $2899.57 STAR WARS FORCE COLLECTION: $1318.14 TWD: $94.09 SKATE: $697.03

05-13-2021, 01:22 PM	#25
spuds1961 Member Join Date: Aug 2012 Location: Terry,Ms. Posts: 39,498	During hurricane Katrina I worked 3 12 hour shifts in a row for the ambulance company starting with a 6 am to 6 pm and working straight through as the people that were supposed to relieve me couldn’t make it to work. It wasn’t horrible but I would never do it again.