Awake for 11 Days

[ChrisChris]

May 25 - An Englishman claims to have broken the record for staying awake for the longest period of time.

Tony Wright, from Cornwall in England has managed stay awake for 11 days as part of his research into human sleep.

Wright relied on a diet of raw food, salad, nuts and seeds in order for him to stop himself from snoozing.

He has been researching human sleep for 15 years and claims that each side of the brain requires a different amount of sleep.

Before his record attempt, he carried out more than 100 experiments with sleep deprivation lasting between two and eight days.

Video/ Source: http://www.reuters.com/news/video/videoStory?videoId=54440

 

[James]

thats along time, imagine just sitting there after like the 9th day
"oh god i need sleep"

 

[bizwiz]

Whoa! 11 days! I'll go insane by that time.

 

[DylanButler]

11 days? Pshhhh

We do that twice a month.

Sincerely,
Tweakers

 

[dgridley]

Sometimes I "feel" like I've been up that long!

 

[lpstong]

The longest I went was like 56 hours but that was way back in college and stuff. And I think I slept for a week aftewards straight through.

 

[italiandragon]

I can sleep for 11 days instead....does that count?

 

[{insert name here}]

I can sleep for 11 days instead....does that count?

That sounds a lot more compelling to me, but I will round it up to a even 14 days.

 

[ChrisChris]

That sounds a lot more compelling to me, but I will round it up to a even 14 days.

Why stop there... lets make it a nice even month :p

 

[.X.]

I would freak out and be seeing pink elephants :D

 

[klarth]

That's insane...I always feel so crappy if I don't get enough sleep; I can't imagine how he feels!

 

[italiandragon]

That's insane...I always feel so crappy if I don't get enough sleep; I can't imagine how he feels!

well....when I left Italy to go to New Zealand with a step in Sydney, I managed to do not sleep for about 50 hours and I was absolutely a zombie, then I had to recover for the following 2 weeks getting up at noon everyday :blink:

 

[NetworkTown.Net]

I couldnt imagen doing that for even 3 days lol he but be tired probbly sleeping now lol.

 

[Ken_]

right now im on hour
30 hmm mayb i should sleep

 

[franchise]

imagine being able to stay awake for 11 days and actually function fairly well...man i'd get so much done.

Ok...maybe not 11 days but how about at least 3-5 days awake and functioning well?
I usually need about 5-7 hours of sleep to function well....but zero hours of sleep for 11 days...that is totally insane.

 

[Brian]

I've gone 3 days before, but 11 is just insane, (well so was the 3) I go 24 hours all the time though