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I've never stayed up later than ~4 am, but there's an all-nighter at youth group next week, so we'll see if I make it.
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I guessed 24-29...I've stayed up all night reading a particularly good book a time or two, although it was still earlyish (6 am, maybe) and I was able to go to sleep for a few hours afterward. Of course, if totally necessary, I probably could have stayed awake longer those days.
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The longest I've ever stayed awake was around 31 hours. I've never really tried to go as long as I could though... I think it would depend on what I was doing.
I've stayed up maybe twenty-four hours straight, give or take. Strangely enough, if you can last the night out the tiredness fades for a little while. (I enjoy how the listless exhaustion breaks down my distraction and allows me to work quite efficiently, hence the late night writing sessions. )
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Almost 48. Though, that might be lying... so, around 40? When I went on the train back home Christmas break this past Christmas, I pulled an all nighter because the train was so early. Well, it was SUPPOSED to be. I was cranky by 8 pm that next night. lol. And then when I saw Pirates 4. I was awake for about 30 hours, and was close to pulling an all nighter because of Chris. So... eh. I'm sticking with 40. lol. I probably could last the two days, seriously. I probably will in 2012.
The longest I've gone was, if I remember correctly, 37 hours. And that's something I definitely will not be repeating, as that was when I was eight years younger. Now I don't think I could do it. Nor would I want to.
48, but there was some trans-atlantic jet lag involved, so it didn't feel all *that* bad. I pulled an all-nighter the morning of my flight, grabbed a bus at 3am Nottingham time and was back in MN the following day evening and then couldn't fall asleep because of the time difference.
What I do know though, is that if you stay awake long enough, you can definitely develop this mild paranoia, where you can start seeing stuff in your peripheral vision. I would get all jumpy, especially when driving (bad idea).
I know someone who regularly stayed up for several days at a time and even tried to compete with himself and try to break his record. I don't think he ever actually did anything useful though. :\
I think the longest I have stayed up was less than 24 hours.
well, you said to estimate, so I'd estimate >40, though I technically haven't done it. But since I have gone 50 or so hours with only an hour nap after 30-some hours, it's not much a stretch to say I could do 40 without a nap. I've done a number of 24 hour stints, particularly in college...though I still occasionally end up doing it for work. It's bad...
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I stayed up about 40 hours I stayed up all night one night to pick up my adopted brother and sister but the plane was delayed and we stayed up allnight. I couldn't get to sleep the next night because my little adopted brother didn't like the dark and was up all night + I was all excited.
Joanne wrote:That's cool! And good reasons to be up...
The first night was torture for me though (well we were waiting for them) and the second night I just kept replaying what things I was going to do with them, play with them, and stuff it has been a great year and a half with them