Thread: sleep deprivation study

36 hrs and I could've gone longer. But boredom got the best of me, and nothing out of the ordinary happened.
Plus I didn't remember any of my dreams when i woke.

I didnt sleep for 30 hours felt fine went to sea with my friends and almost drowned good thing my friend helped me. My body was completley powerless to swim against the weaves normally its no problem at all.

I woke up 12 hours ago (although i've been sleeping less for the whole week, so multiply this by 2 hehe), and I can already experience the first stages of sleep deprivation. It's not anything important, al that I feel is my body "telling me" I should go to sleep.

I'm not tired yet, although the sleepiness sometimes fools me into believing I am.

I will stay up for as long as I cam (= as long as dad lets me) and I'll report on what I feel thereof.

nice idea for a study I must say

I've been going 90 hours....

any others? im probably not going to go sleepless for a while, i hate it.

Okay, after leeping for 15-20 hours I had at least 15 VIVID as hell dreams, 7-10 being LDs. I made a method.

lol, this was after being sleep deprived? im having trouble with recall so i probably cant do that. can u normally have that many dreams?

I heard 72 Hours without sleep produces hallucinations like LSD. Im going to experiment with this sooner or later.

On good nights I can have maybe one LD per night and 4-5 dreams...

alright, I'm kidn of lacking time, but for sure my lucidity rate rose when I started to (slightly) spend more time awake.


i don't mean sleeping less. I mean like, instead of 8hours asleep and 16 hours awake, I spend 8 hours asleep and 24 hours awake

that is not conclusive, but for sure my sleep quality got a lot better

Okay I thought I'd help out,
Ive been awake for 38-ish hours, I dont know how many I'm gonna do, but ive set myslef a target of around 80.
At the moment, I'm just quite tired, red eyed, extremly bored, highly caffeniated.
Nothing like hallucinations or paranoia has kicked in.
=D
this is the first time I have experiemnted with sleep deprivation.

I'll let you know how everything goes.

Imran

I did 40 hours but nothing interesting happened. I did it several times in the 30-40 range. While trying to go uberman (polyphasic sleep of only 2-3 hours a day) I didn't remember any dreams. Meh.

I tried it last night, but it was almost two o' clock and I was soooo bored and sleepy. There was nothing I could keep my mind on, so I just gave up. I'm not going to try that again for a long time.

does accidentaly falling asleep for an hour affect the sleep deprivation in any drastic way?

Imran

I'm no sleep expert, but I can tell you that up until three years ago I was never able to stay awake more than 15 hours. Then I began gaming. Each night I'd begin gaming at about the 14 hour mark and keep going until I couldn't anymore. Now, three years later I can easily stay up for three days with no adverse effects (and I run 10km a day, do a somewhat physically demanding job for 6 hours a day and do kung fu three days a week).

Originally Posted by Quartz

I'm no sleep expert, but I can tell you that up until three years ago I was never able to stay awake more than 15 hours. Then I began gaming. Each night I'd begin gaming at about the 14 hour mark and keep going until I couldn't anymore. Now, three years later I can easily stay up for three days with no adverse effects (and I run 10km a day, do a somewhat physically demanding job for 6 hours a day and do kung fu three days a week).

That again proves some biological theories (and my dad ) wrong. The human body doesn't work on a routine, it adapts to a routine. Change the routine and your body will simply get used to the new one.

so basically,... i have no clue what that means but if your having trouble staying up to expirement with sleep deprivation, stay active. like just get up and start walking around doing stuff. Thats how i stay up for 30+ hours. but theres a problem with that. when you finally sit down, 5 minutes later you practically pass out. at least for me and others who are inexpirienced at sleep deprivation.

Ha... I just did a post over in the sleep patterns forum about exactly this... Reproduced here

Originally Posted by Bear

I did a sleep deprivation experiment on myself about three years ago back when I was in university. I wound up staying awake for a little under 4 days before I crashed, and kept a log of what was going on up to 90 hours.

This was done in my apartment-style school residence, and because there was always some sort of action going on, I was only alone from about 3-6am, except for the day I eventually crashed. Being alone is what eventually did me in. If anyone is considering doing this, it's a lot easier if you have people around to talk to you or that can do something with you, just so your mind doesn't drift off. Just make sure they know you'll get irritable so they don't get offended. During my alone hours I tried to watch a movies or TV, or play video games, to keep myself from sleeping. Try not to do too much physical activity (although sometimes a bit is useful for waking up), and wear loose comfortable clothing. After 48 hours or so you probably don't want to leave your home.

I've edited this for spelling/grammar, as well as clarity for those who don't know my room setup,etc. Anything in italics was written while I was staying awake.

PROLOGUE: THE FIRST 48 HOURS

Saturday, 6PM -0 HR- After a late Friday night, I wound up in bed in the early morning and then slept till 6PM. I got up, and decided that I would stay up till around 9 or 10 the next night to "reboot" my sleep schedule.

Sunday, 12PM -18 HR- Decided that I would try to stay up as long as I could.

I'd often pulled all-nighters for school, so the first day wasn't remarkable for anything.

Monday, 5AM -37 HR- Was feeling tired, so I took a shower. The shower really woke me up; it wasn't cold or anything, but made me much more alert.

Monday, 2PM - 40-44 HR- In class, periodically I had very heavy eyelids, and had difficulty paying attention. Jumpy legs. At other times, didn't feel tired at all.

THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS: STRANGE THINGS BEGIN TO HAPPEN

Tuesday, 12AM -54 HR- Accidentally put away two of my textbooks with my socks, after doing laundry. I can't remember doing it, and this is the first example of me doing something a little strange.

Tuesday, 6AM -60 HR- (Note: I was sitting in my room watching a movie on my computer, I looked over at my door and the wall. The door and the wall were painted the same solid blue colour, with a dartboard mounted on the back of the door.) First visual anomaly: I looked at the wall, the dartboard appeared normal, but the wall was different, like without distance... it wasn't close to me, or far away, and it didn't line up with where the dartboard was (so the dartboard appeared to be floating), I really couldn't judge how far away it appeared. The dartboard was the proper distance.

Tuesday, 6AM -60 HR- Shortly after the above, a strange smell, like nothing I've ever smelled before, suddenly appeared and then suddenly disappears. Smell was not pleasant, nor offensive - I really can't describe it.

Tuesday, 7AM -61 HR- Feeling very tired, so decided to take another shower to wake me up. Shower woke me up again, my imagination seems to be running wild - a hair on the wall of the shower with a drop of water on top immediately appeared to me to be a nose and moustache. I needed to actually think to figure out what it was. I seemed to read a lot into shapes, seeing especially faces in random folds of the shower curtain, etc.

(Note: I was not been under any impressions that what I saw there actually happened, i.e. i didn't think "there is a face on the wall" i thought "that looks like a face on the wall," but knew that it wasn't. Seeing faces in things was sort of a recurring thing after this point. Anything that was even remotely shaped like a face I would see like a face. At one point I confused a roommate by calling the taps in the kitchen sink "eyes" - the taps were the eyes and the faucet was the nose, you see.)

Tuesday, 10AM -64 HR- Got really tired, fairly quickly. Balance feels a bit off for the first time

Tuesday, 3PM -69 HR- fully awake and alert for some time

Tuesday, 4PM -70 HR- zoned out, balance off again

Tuesday, 7PM -73 HR- still dizzy, very sleepy, eyelids heavy, eyes burning

Tuesday, 10PM -76 HR- easily spaced out by anything, shifting gaze makes me dizzy, peripheral vision appears slightly "wavy."

Wednesday, 2AM -80 HR- Sensations feel different, like they're felt by another person and delivered to me over a large distance and with a short delay. (Note: I don't think that that was a very good description of what I was feeling... it was almost as if I was seeing and feeling through a TV set, kind of removed from myself) Peripheral vision changed from "wavy" to "jumpy"

Wednesday, 6AM -84 HR- Watching a movie is difficult, my mind keeps wanting to wander off, and it's like i'm watching half of the movie, and inventing the other half it doesn't really make sense.

Wednesday, 7AM -85 HR- While watching a movie, the people "stopped speaking english", it sounded like they were speaking gibberish, but I still understood what they were saying.

EPILOGUE: I GO A LITTLE CRAZY

Wednesday, 10AM -88 HR- Pile of clothing on bed seems like it's trying to jump on me... I had to mess it up so it won't.

Wednesday, 2?PM -90? HR- Felt threatened by pile of clothing on bed, it wanted to "grow a new dimension." I tried to reason with myself but it still bothered me. Messed the clothes up.


These last two deserve some explanation: I had put a big pile of clothes on my bed to keep myself from laying on it and falling asleep. From the desk in my room where I was sitting, this pile was just in my peripheral vision, and it seemed like the pile would keep jerking towards me, startling me and making me turn towards the clothes. Eventually I had to mess the pile up so I didn't feel like it was going to jump on me. After a few hours, I felt very threatened by the clothes on my bed, believing them to be plotting against me (I know... crazy)

Unfortunately, all of my roommates were out of the apartment at class (I was in no shape to go to class) so I was alone on Wednesday, and that proved my undoing. When my roommates got home a couple of hours later, they found me passed out on my bed, clothes scattered all over the floor. They let me sleep.

Even though I didn't mention it, I felt very irritable after about 48 hours, and staying awake wasn't a pleasant experience. I'd recommend it if you want to see how far you can push yourself (the record for staying awake is like 11 days) but it's not something to do for fun.

I couldn't imagine pulling 90 hours. damn. I did 47 hours a few years back, and that was enough to get me talking to a trashcan. Peripheral vision was often inaccurate, anything seen outside at night was subject to being interpreted very wrongly, heard music and noises, voices also, that weren't actually there. Have noticed that avoiding caffeine makes it easier to stay awake because there is no caffeine crash. Inability to pay attention. Forgetfulness during sleep-dep period. Oddly enough, difficulty going to sleep when I finally did. Slept for 22 hours after that.

I'll have to try the dep-test again. As much as I hate it, I love the after-effects and the reward of sleeping. The most I've done recently was about 36. Might try to break the 48 hour mark.

When I was doing my thesis project about 2 years ago I don't think I slept for 2 months. I mean, not REALLY slept. I would stay up for 4 days straight working, then I'd pass out for like 4 hours...then I'd stay up for 5 or 6 days...pass out for 2 hours. That kept going for 2 months. Granted, I was taking large amounts of amphetamines (I have a script for adderall) and I nearly had a nervous breakdown. But, hey, I got my thesis project finished heh.

It's hard to say how much of my hallucinations were solely a result of sleep deprivation, because amphetamines definitely make the hallucinations alot worse. But at one point I was crawling around on the carpet killing bugs that weren't there, and swatting at bats that kept randomly flying at me. And that's just the beginning. But guys know this...I've done plenty of hallucinogens...and sleep deprivation hallucinations are NOT fun. So, I hope no one think that they are going to try to deprive themselves of sleep just to hallucinate, cause it isn't fun. You're basically just inducing a state of psychosis. Not to mention that mine was extreme amphetamine psychosis.

edit: oh, and I forgot to mention...that I currently get about 4 hours of sleep a week...but I think I've just gotten used to it...now I love the extra time I have to get work done, to me it seems like sleep is a waste of life

I just deprived myself of 10 hours of sleep. I'm going to see what happens after 2 days of staying up. It won't take long for me to have vivid dreams on the third night. And I bet they'll consist of Harry Potter stuff, seeing as I'm re-reading the 6th book.

Originally Posted by Kromoh

That again proves some biological theories (and my dad ) wrong. The human body doesn't work on a routine, it adapts to a routine. Change the routine and your body will simply get used to the new one.

Got as far down reading as this post and had to reply. I sued to always go to bed at like 10:30pm to get up for work about 7am so would normally get about 8 hours sleep a night. Over the last month I have limited my sleeping to about 6 hours in the week but going to bed about 12:30-1am and getting up at 7am. First it was hard, now I feel used to it, except when it comes to the weekend I find I sleep in way too much lol.

Oh and yy longest time awake would be about about 60 hours I think. Was when I was in school - stayed up for the entire weekend, was not nice when I got home on the sunday to explain to Dad

Sounds fun, I wanna try it Drink some surge, it helps