Hours Awake Options

[devilsden97]

Kinda a stupid post, but over the last 2 days (Friday into Early Sunday morning) i have been up for 42hours straight.


Whats your longest?

[Razgriz]

I can relate to those of you with insomnia, yes it sucks. i had it the worst for three years doing school. i would stay up for 5 days monday through friday, then sleep saturday till mid afternoon sunday.. EVERY WEEK. people wouldnt know i wasnt sleeping, i was still functional, but you feel draggy on the inside (plus glasses hide bags under the eyes.)

It wasn't that i wanted to be up doing something. I just couldnt fall asleep. I tried excercising before bed, reading, listening to music, lights on/off. nothing ever worked. Most often i would lay in bed until everyone would fall asleep then i would get out of bed and start doing stuff. cleaning quietly, watching tv, reading whatever informative literature i could get my hands on: newspapers, research papers and articles, "introduction to" books on any subject. boring stuff. or sit in the dark for hours then repeat the day shedule. and those of you who have stayed up for days know that the idea of "yesterday" or "tomorrow" was always a funny thing when mentioned. people will chronical events with number of nights/days or times slept in between. for me atleast it was hard to relate immediatley when i was thinking in hours, versus days.

i eventually got over it with the help of sleep aid prescriptions, then went downhill with a need/addicition of the medication.
but im better now thankfully, lack of sleep really does take a nasty toll on your body. i still can stay up thirty hours without thinking about it. but i can go to sleep now if i get in bed and relax. 5.5 hours a night no more no less and im tip top.


.sorry such a long post i started typing a short answer and look what happened. haha..

This post has been edited by Razgriz: May 20, 2008 - 11:05 PM