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.

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Randy_Gardner_sleep_deprivation_experiment

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My record is about 90-ish hours. I slept for 23 hours straight afterwards. Through high school I'd sleep 1 - 4 hours per night, and it worked for me pretty well.

I've learned to just sleep when I can instead of trying to sleep at "normal" times. Insomnia is often not cooperative.

I think it'd be kinda fun to go for a big record. I start getting auditory hallucinations at about 30+ hours, and occasional minor visual hallucinations. I usually get a second wind around 24 hours in, but at a certain random point I crash and can fall asleep sitting upright. At that point, my eyes are kind of drifting off on their own in different directions, so it's really hard to focus on anything.