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How much Sleep is Really Needed to function

pullmytrigger	Date: August 6, 2008 @ 10:15 PM well its now 5:25 and im supposed to wake up at 8oclock sharp! if i went to sleep now.. would i be able to go go go? i dont think so.. iv'e decided to stay up! so what do you think is enough sleep? i can go on about 4-5 hours... but im a G... lol
Distilled1	Date: August 6, 2008 @ 10:23 PM I have done about 36 hours with none lots of Red bull/ those 5 hour energy bottles and then theres the 3 week long stuff but thats illegal and I won't go there I cant do it on 2-3 hours I need to just drink caffeine and such to make it then crash early!
pullmytrigger	Date: August 6, 2008 @ 10:25 PM i hear ya... ive gone a whole weekend with 2 hours of naptime.. i had to do some heroin and cocain!!! JK! lol but really those 5hour energy things work well.
Opossum	Date: August 6, 2008 @ 10:28 PM I sometimes get by on about 3 or 4 hours, but then, it takes me twice as long to do anything, so it's not really worth it.
TameasDust	Date: August 7, 2008 @ 12:01 AM None .. now *WAKE UP AND GET TO WORK DANG IT* this has been a paid service announcement of your boss
zedsalt	Date: August 7, 2008 @ 4:29 AM It's different for everyone, of course, but my problem is the amount of time I need to rest in order to get a few hours' sleep. The longest I've ever gone without both sleep or chemical help is 21 days. I can safely say that only because there was an event that marked the start of it; it wasn't too many days before I lost the ability to keep track of time...
Tattoomom	Date: August 7, 2008 @ 5:17 AM I need at least 16 hours....I love sleeping...I would have been a GREAT cat....
pullmytrigger	Date: August 7, 2008 @ 9:52 AM lol tattoomom! baha meow!
NosmoKing	Date: August 7, 2008 @ 12:39 PM googles sleep!
Fraser	Date: August 7, 2008 @ 2:27 PM The other day I slept for exactly 22 hours, with only one pee break.
pullmytrigger	Date: August 7, 2008 @ 2:29 PM only one pee break... damn... lol BAHA
GeneHilbert	Date: August 7, 2008 @ 3:34 PM I vary so much. Sometimes 4 or 5 hrs. to 7 or 8. Years ago a lot less. My record is little over 80hrs no sleep. I had an exhaustion episode in to 80's - I was working a 6 day a week real job and performing 5 nights a week. I did that for about 6 months. Sleeping 3hrs here and 3 hrs. there. One day I didn't wake up..... I was comatose for three days..... I don’t do that anymore….
pullmytrigger	Date: August 7, 2008 @ 7:10 PM ill tell ya what. you need sleep. otherwise you do stupid thigs. sorry. go to sleep levi!
vilifiend	Date: August 8, 2008 @ 10:37 AM As an experiment once, I made it 5 whole days with no substances involved at all except for caffeine. Ant not concentrated forms either.. just a soda here and there. Tell you what. You go crazy. Not recommended unless you're used to being dissociated.
FraDonaghy	Date: August 18, 2008 @ 5:22 AM It varies from person to person, and from age group to age group. When you sleep your body performs routine maintenance which takes roughly 3 hours to perform a full cycle. Ideally you need 2-3 of these cycles to be at optimum performance levels, but at the very minimum you should try to get one cycle every 24 hours. (so aim for 3 hours if you're really too busy to sleep)
Fraser	Date: August 18, 2008 @ 8:05 AM I just broke my record the other night; 24 hours. Two pee breaks.I tried to get up once, and watched tv for about 10 minutes, then went for pee break #2, then back to bed.
zedsalt	Date: August 19, 2008 @ 3:26 AM So if my usual sleep pattern is about 50 minutes at a time, the only time my body is getting the benefit of a complete routine maintenance cycle is when I'm sick or something else changes my routine? That explains a lot, actually.