This seemed to be the best place on JSP to post this. If there's a "health" section or something more along those lines that I didn't see, then let me know!

So, here is my question:

Awhile back, I sall a study on TV, or somewhere else, of what happens to you after xx number of days without sleep from like 1-7 days or something. Included things such as seeing things, going crazy, etc etc, up untill the point where you would eventually die.

Been trying to find this online, but no luck yet, only thing I could find were random things posted in other forums by real people saying what they THOUGHT.. So, if someone could help me out and give some links, or post the info here without the links, then I would apperciate it.




Again, if there is a better place on these forums more suited to this question, then please let me know.

Google insomnia

Google sleep deprivation



you fucking idiot

Google You fail you fucking moron. Read agian, google = fail sauce on this subject.

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This post was edited by d_taz1 on Jul 31 2009 10:12am

You need sleep because your body must re-uptake which means "re-activate" enzymes and chemicals in your brain to function properly. Your brain rests and the enzymes and neurotransmitters are modified by brain cells and brain tissues in a period of 8 hrs so the next day your neurotransmitters haven't converted themselves into forms which cause different (undesirable) symptoms.

If you don't understand this, think of it like your brain uses Dopamine to regulate pleasure and feelings of euphoria. When you are low in Dopamine you have symptoms similar to depression and anxiety and in high levels varied but generally similar to Parkinson's disease and catatonic schizophrenia.

During High Dopamine levels, a drug known as L-Dopa which is basically an isomer(similar molecule different structure) of the Dopamine neurotransmitter which DECREASES your brain Dopamine levels. This reduces the effect of Parkinson's-like symptoms and the schizophrenic symptoms talked about above.

It is believed that sleep is an essential process in the chemistry of the brain, where the brain tissue and brain chemicals create a synergy to re uptake (reactivate) undesirable forms of neurotransmitters(brain chemicals).

Make sense? (When you don't sleep you increase the levels of chemicals that cause symptoms other than their normal symptoms, this causes you to hallucinate, have poor cognitive functionality, delirium, etc. )

This post was edited by Jazz_Thing on Jul 31 2009 11:51am

Not really what I was asking for.. Allready read 238423894 different articles with that + more of the same stuff.

So what do you want me to tell you, that if you don't sleep you'll trip out just like if you took a certain drug?

Explain.

I'm looking for a study that I sall awhile back, or even a more recent one, of how going without sleep for 1-xx days without sleep will do to the body/mind/person.

It basically went trhough what would happen every day to the person.

For example:

24 hours without sleep: Fatigue, slowed response
48 hours without sleep: Fatigue worsens, little to no focus
72 hours without sleep: Sever fatigue, mild hilluisnations

and etc etc etc, but goes into more details and what not.

@OP

Nice fail, there is a section called

HEALTH AND FITNESS

It's both health/science related a little bit, so not really in the wrong forums.
A study on what sleep deprevation causes on the body/mind could be considerd somewhat scientifical.

i donno but the most ive been awake was a week. and in that time i didnt trip out or anything but i was a total zombie.