The longest I have ever gone without sleep previous to this experiment is 5 days. I have been training my body for the past year to withstand conditions most humans wouldn't imagine. I have stayed awake 24 hours while lifting weights for 20 of those hours, then running 5 miles. I would then walk around for 6 and a half hours making my total 30 hours. For the next 18 hours I would continue my life like everyday. Writing, documenting, talking, walking, working etc.
I have done this experiment successfully 10 times of straining myself for 48 hours,. I now have the stamina of... Well I don't know what to call it. But I have it. I reguarly don't sleep for 3 days at a time. The longest anyone has stayed awake is 11 days and 25 minutes. It was set by Randy Gardner in 1963. I want to top that. Here, I will be documenting what happens, as well as a camera that will be reviewed after every 6 days. Why am I doing this you may ask? Well, me and a friend of mine want to see the effects that lack of sleep have on the human body. I won't have contact with anyone for as long as I can go without falling asleep. I will not use any energy boosters. Wish me luck.
Day 1, 12:03 AM: These first 24 hours have been a breeze. No signs of hallucinations, sleep deprivation, loss of congitive or sensory abilities, and no eye bags. All work done today has been productive and easily completed. Appetite is unaffected. No signs of agression or change in mood.
Day 2, 12:04 AM: Day 2 is a repeat (with slight differences) of day 1. No signs of hallucinations, sleep deprivation, loss of cognitive or sensory abilities. I do have eye bags. All work done today has been productive and moderately easy to complete. Appetite is unaffected. No signs of agression or change in mood.
Day 3, 12:01 AM: Today is actually easier than yesterday. No signs of hallucinations, sleep deprivation, loss of cognitive or sensory abilities, and the eye bags aren't as noticable. All work done today has been very productive and easy to complete. Appetite is unaffected. No signs of aggresion or change in mood.
Day 4. 12:02 AM: Today has been the worst by far. No signs of hallucinations, signs of early sleep deprivations, no loss of cognitive or sensory abilities, eye bags are carrying in groceries. All work done today was not productive and moderately difficult to complete. Appetite is unaffected. No signs of aggresion, mood has been declinded.
Day 5, 12:04 AM: It is worse than yesterday. Some signs of audible and visual hallucinations, seeing and hearing things that aren't there. Signs of moderate sleep deprevation, slight loss of sensory abilities, cognitive functions are normal. You can guess the update on the eye bags. All work done today was unproductive and very difficult to complete. Appetite is unaffected. No signs of aggresion, mood has declined moderately. Tommorrow is uncharted territory for me. Will not be leaving the testing chamber in my basement until the experiment is completed. I have nothing but this computer, a bed, food and water.
Day 6, 12:05: It has officially been 144 hours since I slept. Various signs of visual hallucinations, seeing small floating balls. Signs of moderate sleep deprevation, slight loss of sensory and cognitive abilities, unable to run excercise for longer than 30 minutes per day without total exhaustion. Small amount of work done today, very unproductive and extremely difficult to complete. Appetite slightly affected due to sickness of the stomach. Some signs of irritation (no aggression), mood has declined moderately.
Day 7, 12:00 AM: The creatures have begun to haunt me in the shadows. I can ignore them for now. I have severe sleep deprevation, I have lost my ability to speak, and cannot excercise or run. Unable to do any work whatsoever. Appetite affected slightly due to vomitting. Extremely irritated, some signs of aggression, mood has declined severely.
Day 8, 12:05 AM: The monsters have been gone for today. I have severe sleep deprevation, I haven't been able to speak yet. I cannot excercise or run. Appetite moderately affected due to vomitting and inability to digest food. Extremely irrtated, signs of aggression, mood is non-existent.