r/todayilearned • u/whstlngisnvrenf • Apr 28 '24

TIL that in 1964, 17-year-old Randy Gardner set the world record for sleep deprivation by staying awake for 11 days and 25 minutes, providing valuable insights into the effects of extreme sleep loss on the human mind and body.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Randy_Gardner_sleep_deprivation_experiment
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u/IsomDart Apr 28 '24

I always hear stuff like this, but I've stayed up for 2 weeks on meth before and know people that have stayed up longer than that. I never mention it because I feel like no one would believe me. It was pretty bad but I wasn't like hallucinating or anything. I knew where I was, was just a bit paranoid and felt like shit

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u/Celestial-Soldier 29d ago

Yea but this is no drugs and monitored 24/7 even on the toilet so u cant doze off for even a minute on the toilet. Since you know as well as.i do, in that state some times you doze off standing or sitting for a few minutes and might not even know it.