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Mar 24, 2014, 09:06 PM
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3 days for me. I have a horrible memory. Mostly now if I don't sleep I try to squeeze in a five minute nap. Five minutes is as long as I can nap as in actually sleep for during the day for some reason. I would only sleep three hours before work or sometimes none at all. Sometimes while working I would sleep only five days a week and very little. This sounds dumb but sleeping 5 out of 7 days a week is bad for you and gave me an eye twitch. so I quit working. When I don't work I sleep the normal six to seven hours. For the past five years I've struggled with sleep on a daily basis. Mostly I sleep but for months at at time I've only slept a few hours. People call me a bum but being on permanent disability helps with the sleep. I don't even know what I'm trying to say. I guess how long do YOU sleep?
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Mar 24, 2014, 09:15 PM
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6-7 days .. yes days
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Mar 24, 2014, 09:18 PM
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Mar 24, 2014, 09:21 PM
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2 Weeks. But that was years ago. I slept for 12 hours off & on today.
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Mar 24, 2014, 09:24 PM
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Mar 24, 2014, 09:28 PM
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It just happened .. by day 6 I was having severe psychosis and went IP for 3 days and slept about 6 hours a nite while in there .. but I have had severe Insomnia since I was about 12 years old .
I am use to not sleeping. Its not ideal but its my normal.
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Mar 24, 2014, 09:32 PM
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Mar 24, 2014, 09:34 PM
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5 days. I was lithium toxic. I had to go inpatient and try new meds.
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Mar 24, 2014, 09:56 PM
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Purely without sleep, 5 days. It was during a manic episode that culminated in psychosis, hospitalization, and heavy medication. I commonly go for weeks during manic episodes where I only sleep for about an hour twice a day.
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Mar 24, 2014, 10:02 PM
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The longest time completely without sleep at all was a little under 5 full days. But I was not doing a whole lot of activity during the nights - just reading about 4 fanfics at once on the computer all night long, so my body was getting a kind of rest, laying on the couch. Felt restless though.
My 'usual' hypomania complete non sleep time is 3 days. I can easily do that and function before I need some sleep. Usually I will have 4-6 hours then go another couple days without sleep continuing on that kind of sleep cycle until the crash or mixed episode. |
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Mar 24, 2014, 10:06 PM
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Somewhere between 48-72 hours (don't remember, had a psychotic break). I asked to be hospitalized at the 24 hour mark. After that, the doctors tried a medley of sedatives, antihistamines, etc. but nothing would knock me out (and/or I'd vomit it up). It was a bizarre time, and I had mono too, which must have worsened the situation. My BP wasn't diagnosed until a year later, however.
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Mar 24, 2014, 11:17 PM
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Mar 24, 2014, 11:23 PM
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4 days with zero sleep when I was Manic. 3 days when I was in a depression.
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Mar 24, 2014, 11:43 PM
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48-72 hours. Fortunately my "rocket" burned out, and then I crashed for a couple of days.
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Mar 24, 2014, 11:44 PM
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4 days with no sleep. Then I slept 3-4 hours and went another 4 days w/o sleep. Then another 3ish hours of sleep and another 4 days............until day, hmmm, 17/18. No psychosis that I know of...just lots of...other stuff.
That was maybe 2 weeks ago. And I've just been going way up and way down since. Down yesterday boohoo...Up now so haha! 
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Mar 25, 2014, 12:27 AM
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Mar 25, 2014, 12:51 AM
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But it wasn't fun no...some of it was though. If that makes sense. |
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Mar 25, 2014, 02:18 AM
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4 days straight, took a knock out pill, slept for 2hrs and then stayed up for another 2 days...
How did that happen? Well I generally subsist on about 4hrs sleep, I function just fine like this. But at that time I was unemployed and my circadian rythm was out of wack. My mom and brother suggested I not nap in the morning/afternoon and I will soon sleep through the night instead of reading, chatting and listening to music. Well their little experiment backfired. Badly. Staying awake for 3 days is not uncommon for me, but this time around (probably because it wasn't by choice) I got really aggro by the 3rd night and proceeded to lash out, and scream at them every chance I got. I was severely agitated and their very existance annoyed the shyt out of me. I wanted to rip out my hair, but broke furniture instead!! That's when my brother went to get me some knock out pills, I took a double dosage and was out in half hr ( I have sucky blood circulation pills usually take about an hr to take effect) but like I said, 2hrs later I was wide awake again. Suffice it to say, they no longer comment on my erratic sleeping habits. 
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Mar 25, 2014, 02:43 AM
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About 4 and a half days, by day three reality was a figment of a past dream. I could not stand water anywhere near me, or anyone touching me.
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