How long can a person live without sleep?

Question

How long can a person live without sleep?

Answer 1

I would guess that the mind just shuts down and goes to sleep at some point before death.

Answer 2

you cant die from lack of sleep because you will end up sleeping anyway anytime anywhere, if you lack sleep for days you will end up slepping in standing position... maybe your question is for how long you can stay awake

Answer 3

You can go into cardiac arrest from lack of sleep.

Answer 4

People who don't think you can die without sleep have obviously never heard of Fatal Familial Insomnia, a very rare condition in which the subject is physically unable to sleep, and consequently, the subject dies a few months later.

Answer 5

its some where around 72 hours and ur body will start to just break down

navy seal wannabes go through something called h**l week where they do numerous exercises with little to no breaks in between

it lasts approximately 7 days

after about 3 days into it they let them sleep for about 3 hours then start it up again and then about another 48 hours later they let them sleep another 3 hours

hardest endurance test known to man

Answer 6

3 days

Answer 7

going without sleep for weeks will not kill you, but not sleeping weakens your immune system and by catching a simple cold can really develop into some serious, so depends, a person can last a while without sleep,

Answer 8

Going without sleep has never killed anyone

Answer 9

A person can deteriorate without sleep, and the heart beat does become quicker, The brain is staved of oxygen, The muscles become weaker, and the blood becomes thinner too. I reckon a slow agonising death, which could take months before death. This is why all living creatures need sleep, to rejuvenate the organs and bones. And for bones to grow.

Answer 10

The world record for  a human going without sleep is apparently held by some schmoe named Randy Gardner

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Randy_Gardn...

It's obviously rather difficult to completely deprive a person or animal of sleep for days or weeks on end.  

Rats systematically deprived of sleep with special equipment will die in 11 to 32 days

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29286...

what a jolly little experiment

Answer 11

good question never heard of some one dieing from lack of sleep