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How long have you stayed awake before, in hours? I think the longest for me has been about 36 hours. Sometimes it just feels more convenient, if my sleep schedule is messed up anyway, and I have to get up early on monday (this is sunday morning @ 6 AM and I woke up at 1 PM on saturday).... I've only stayed awake through a night probably 5-10 times in my life so far, I don't like doing it regularly. But I don't like the feeling that sleeping pills give me (or in my case a single tylenol PM), so I don't use them.

Just curious if any of you have had to stay awake for more than 18 hours for whatever reason, and if there is any hilarious reason why (escaping prison?) or whatever.

(warning: sleep deprivation is dangerous, thats why guiness book of world records removed it from their records. so don't go staying awake just because)