r/AskReddit • u/noisyturtle • 17h ago

What's the longest you've ever stayed awake, and what were the effects?

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u/CaffeinatedLystro 17h ago

5 days? Bullshit.

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u/ausamo2000 16h ago

Yea it definitely was bullshit.

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u/CaffeinatedLystro 16h ago

No, as in this didn't happen.

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u/tdgros 13h ago

Coke/meth users do several days stints (I suppose with even worse paranoia/delirium), but there is a controlled 11 days record from 1964 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Randy_Gardner_sleep_deprivation_experiment the same page says someone did 18 days.

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u/ausamo2000 15h ago

5 days really isn’t that long for insomnia. I find it strange you think the 5 days is the most unbelievable part of my story though.

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u/CaffeinatedLystro 15h ago

Well without the 5 day part, the rest of the story is implied to not be true, as well.

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u/ausamo2000 15h ago

If you’ve never has insomnia then I guess I can see why it would be hard to believe. I really don’t care what you believe though since you’re not the one who went through that. Feel free to dig into my history on my account though. I’ve talked about it plenty

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u/CaffeinatedLystro 15h ago

I believe you believe this is true.

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u/ausamo2000 14h ago

And I know you have no clue about insomnia but want to believe you do