Have you even been awake for 24 or more hours?

every 3 days

Yes and it's a horrible feeling. Suffering from insomnia means that can happen quite often.

The longest I've ever went was 9 days (that was w/out any chemical 'enhancements') and in the last few hours before I finally crashed, I was on a psychological trip! I could no longer differentiate fantasy (hallucinations) from reality and with all honestly I felt like I had entered insanity. But that crash was the best sleep I've ever had.

Why would you stay awake that long? How did you not die?

I have a terrible case of insomnia. It's not uncommon for me to go 1-3 days without sleep. A few friends and I were camping for the summer and the first night in I couldn't sleep; one of them dared me to stay awake for a week and I, for some unknown reason, thought it was a brilliant plan. So, I did but by the 7th day I was so tired that I couldn't sleep and it just took that extra 2 days for my body to crash.

It's definitely not something I plan on doing again. Also, most people don't die of sleep deprivation, simply because our brains tend to 'shut down' somewhere between 5-11 days forcing us to sleep. Some people have went far longer than that and survived. Most people would have to go months without sleep before they would die from sleep deprivation. I certainly don't ever plan to go that long!

Oh, okay then and I would hope not, lol. Have you thought of going to a doctor that specializes in sleep disorders and having a sleep study done?

That would require money (health insurance); something I do not currently have the luxury of having.

not since college

Many many times…the longest was 7 days and 6 nights…
But that was a long time ago…now, if ever, its only like a few days and nights at a time.

I've gone 60+ hours without sleep while in college.

From whatever the gave me on the day when I had my heart attack, which tedious because I was bored to the extreme toward the end.

i tried but failed T^T

Yes, Playing war games in the Military.

Working. Then when you are done, you feel so tired it takes awhile to get any sleep.

many times... dont like doing it much, but it happens from time to time.

Yes, I have insomnia. I dislike going to sleep. But when I do, if I sleep for just two to three hours it feels like I have slept for 10 years.

Yes i have, getting too old for that stuff now

My limit is about 2 and a half days and still function properly.

A couple of times when I was in the military. Once from staying out all night and having to work the next day. A couple of times when my children were babies. And twice travelling, when the flights and layovers took more than 24 hours.

I worked a 36 hour shift once during a train derailment when I was with the fire department and a 24 hour shift once when I was working as a nursing Supervisor at a small hospital and my relief called in sick.

I do it often, between sleep problems and working 12 hour night shift the all nighters happen a lot

I was watching a hotel room for drug activity and didnt get relieved after my shift .

3 days

Yes, and you wind up SLEEPING 24 or more hours when you finally fall asleep.

4 days. Just because I could, well mostly because we had a contest.

I have horrible insomnia. It's gotten really bad these past couple of months, too...

You should really go to a doctor.

I don't have health insurance.

A few times, I was really tired. Usually happened when the power went out and I can't sleep without the sound of a fan so I couldn't sleep, or I was at a friends gaming for like a whole weekend. Just got really tired, didn't "trip" or anything weird.

i've been awake 48 hours twice.

nope. i don't think i could do it.

Usually I'm zoning on a video game. Just one more quest, just one more fight, etc.

Yep. 40 hours, I probably could've went longer but I went to sleep.

My bestfriend and I did a lot of retarded things. We ended up falling asleep to White Chicks... :0

the far i been awake was 4:00

I did 38 hours at a stretch on one occasion!

I've had to rebuild mini-computers and maniframes. Sometimes I've been up for days at a time.

like 3 times on drugs, and a few times just because I couldn't sleep XD

I had serious brain chemical damage when a doctor gave me drugs I didn't need after misdiagnosing my illness, about 14 years ago. And it took all the melatonin and other chemicals and messed them up so bad I did not sleep for about three months. It was Hades and I almost didn't make it.