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Old 02-28-06, 10:40 PM   #31
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Actually, that's only what they told Skybird. They didn't want him to know he had insomnia. He believes it is perfectly natural to spend 48 hours writing essays, and who knows what would happen if someone told him the truth: "Hey buddy, you need to have a little rest once in a while, you know, sleep and everything, look, your fingers are getting sore, the ink of the letters on your keyboard are fading away, and you are one step away from psychotic bi-writopolasterix* disorder".

I don't want to find out.

*-German word, no possible translation to English.
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Old 03-01-06, 07:28 AM   #32
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Isn't 4 hours sleep enough for me? Add 1 hour of meditation to that. I can sleep when I have died. Until then - I let the keyboard have it!!
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Old 03-01-06, 06:53 PM   #33
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Actually, that's only what they told Skybird. They didn't want him to know he had insomnia. He believes it is perfectly natural to spend 48 hours writing essays, and who knows what would happen if someone told him the truth: "Hey buddy, you need to have a little rest once in a while, you know, sleep and everything, look, your fingers are getting sore, the ink of the letters on your keyboard are fading away, and you are one step away from psychotic bi-writopolasterix* disorder".

I don't want to find out.

*-German word, no possible translation to English.
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Only 48 hours? Longest I had was 72.5 hours without sleep. That was over 15 years ago though when I was stupid enough to work on fishing boats in AK for a quick buck (did it twice). Bad offload. Almost got killed twice during that offload too. I am still here though!

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PS. Did I mention that I was in a freezer half that time that was at -60 F? So not only tired, but cold!!! It is actually not half bad at 48 hours though because you become numb to emotion and half brain dead. Anger still works however!
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Old 03-02-06, 05:35 AM   #34
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I call you the Espresso-man from now on! My longest was around 60 hours, three days and two nights. I was 15 years old or so, and our school-class was on vacation. We used to drink tripleconcentrated Espressos with lots of Advocaat in them. I don't know, but the coffein together with the alcohol and the protein somehow propably did the trick... :hmm:
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Old 03-02-06, 07:40 PM   #35
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:rotfl: Now that made me laugh out loud.

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Ouch, in case of depression... no, try not to sleep before you are not seriously tired. Reducing sleep is a well-known antidot in many cases of depressions. DO NOT GO TO BEd UNTIL YOU ARE REALLY HEAVILY TIRED ! And tired means: tired, not just unmotivated, lacking energy, lacking interest, beeing bored. TIRED. In hospital they would send you through 36 or 48 hours without letting you sleep, eventually.
Tell me about it, I never sleep, im more like a blardy vampire, i find i can only sleep in short bursts 2-3 hrs at a time, with 10-15 hrs wake but i dont feel exhausted. Well i went with the advice soem of yous pm me and told the doc to give me the medication so im on a 2wk trail and the first day i slept 18 hrs! i actually missed a whole day. Only thing i have a problem with is i dont take much to seriously though with this medication, for instance while playing SH3 last night my lookouts inform me aircarft spotted..... No reaction whatsoeva - plus i dont like the way they look at me now... paraniod.
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