There was one point in my life where I had a terrible time falling asleep, and went without sleep for 2 days straight. Then I finally just crashed out of sheer exhaustion. Anyone else ever go through this, and for how long?

I've gone through similar periods, where I can only sleep 3-4 hours every night.  Ususally I'm so busy throughout the day and at night I'll begin stressing about the next day.  This last week I only slept about 16 hours within 5 days and this weekend I slept about 6 hours.  It's hardly anything and I know I can't keep this up for much longer, I need a nap!  The only thing that helps is throwing on some really comfortable pajamas, make sure I have some warm blankets, and make sure my room is completely pitch dark and silent.. then I can really get some zzzzz's.

I went 32 hours with no sleep and then I passed out. It was good though because I had a 16 hour flight so I slept through most of it and it went by fast.

One of my good friends is having relationship issues and she started dating this new guy and all she does now is drink all night to the point where she never goes to bed. She went like 3 days without any sleep while taking a full load at school. She is crazy and I think when she finally got her grades she was disappointed because they weren't as good as she thought they would be.

Going day to day with no sleep isn't living at all, it's just surviving.  For me anyways, I'm a completely different person when I'm tired.  I might go to work and school, but I'm just so tired that I'm not absorbing anything, I'm just there.  I can't get anything done when the day is over because I just fall asleep right when I get home.  Some poeple live this way for years and thik that's just how life is, but no one should live that way.

this happens to me during stressful times in my life. i try to sleep and i end up just laying there with my eyes awake the whole night. i even tried that journal thing where you write things down so you dont forget in the morning and that helped a little bit. i think the longest i went without sleep was 4 days..not fun.

I've only went 2 days without sleep, but not out of depression or stress or aything like that. I was out and with my friends or my friends would be over and we just wanted to stay up. WE stayed up 2 whole days and then when we each went back to our own homes we slept soooo long! But I was so tired before that I didn't even feel tired anymore. if that even makes sense.

dylan456 said: I've only went 2 days without sleep, but not out of depression or stress or aything like that. I was out and with my friends or my friends would be over and we just wanted to stay up. WE stayed up 2 whole days and then when we each went back to our own homes we slept soooo long! But I was so tired before that I didn't even feel tired anymore. if that even makes sense.

This happened to me before too. I stayed awake for 2 and a half days and I felt wide awake but I'd just start dozing off without even knowing it.