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Re:Insomnia: 'No link' between sleepless nights and early death by uh_what on Friday November 16, 2018 @12:47PM (#18470401)
It's a well established but little known fact that sleep deprivation is an extremely effective short term treatment for depression. [1]

Obviously I am not recommending that anyone try it without medical supervision, but people should at least know that it's an option.

1. https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/why-sleep-depriva...

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Re:Insomnia: 'No link' between sleepless nights and early death by Eldt on Friday November 16, 2018 @01:17PM (#18470670)
I experience a sense of euphoria if I stay up late enough - I wonder how common that experience is...
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Re:Insomnia: 'No link' between sleepless nights and early death by okmokmz on Friday November 16, 2018 @02:47PM (#18471433)
At one point in college I stayed awake consistently for 4-4.5 days without any caffeine or other stimulants. By the second/third day the feeling of being "tired" was entirely gone, and I felt energetic and almost intoxicated. There was definitely euphoria, as well as some auditory/visual hallucinations. Afterwards I slept for about 20 hours straight. It was an odd experience
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Re:Insomnia: 'No link' between sleepless nights and early death by setquk on Friday November 16, 2018 @03:17PM (#18471648)
I managed 53 hours once over a weekend of a big LAN party, drove home and slept for 26 hours after that. Apparently my mother called the doctor who just said to check I was still breathing and that I'd probably wake up soon.

I woke up thinking it was Monday but it was Tuesday. That took some explaining at work.

Felt amazing after about 30 hours of being awake and after the sleep's "jet lag" wore off.

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Re:Insomnia: 'No link' between sleepless nights and early death by roganartu on Friday November 16, 2018 @06:08PM (#18472704)
I had a similar experience after a week long camp where I only slept a couple of hours a night, if that. On returning home I went to sleep and distinctly recall waking up about an hour later, only to discover I'd actually been asleep for ~25 hours.

I never experienced euphoria then, but in my younger years when I could still successfully pull all-nighters I found myself re-energized once the sun rose in the morning and this lasted typically until later that afternoon. This lead to a general rule where if I was planning on staying up that late I always tried to go to bed before the sun came up.

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Re:Insomnia: 'No link' between sleepless nights and early death by __blockcipher__ on Friday November 16, 2018 @03:18PM (#18471651)
Sounds like classic hypomania. (Or maybe actual mania?)
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Re:Insomnia: 'No link' between sleepless nights and early death by hhh on Friday November 16, 2018 @01:47PM (#18470928)
From experience, I would say very. The longest I've been awake is ~5.5 days though.
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Re:Insomnia: 'No link' between sleepless nights and early death by pmarreck on Friday November 16, 2018 @01:50PM (#18470961)
Brain damage can start around that point... Watch out
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Re:Insomnia: 'No link' between sleepless nights and early death by andai on Friday November 16, 2018 @02:14PM (#18471170)
Source? I expected harm would come much earlier.
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Re:Insomnia: 'No link' between sleepless nights and early death by pmarreck on Friday November 16, 2018 @03:22PM (#18471676)
http://sites.bu.edu/ombs/2014/03/24/new-study-shows/

I'm in the middle of stuff and can't google a more concise source but I recall it being about 4-5 days

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Re:Insomnia: 'No link' between sleepless nights and early death by wild_preference on Friday November 16, 2018 @09:17PM (#18473526)
I hit that figure quite a bit back in my stimulant abuse days.

But your blog post specifically refers to chronic sleep loss.

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Re:Insomnia: 'No link' between sleepless nights and early death by andai on Friday November 16, 2018 @02:16PM (#18471190)
Did you do anything specific to stay awake? After a certain number of hours, I really have to keep myself busy, or my brain just shuts down.
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Re:Insomnia: 'No link' between sleepless nights and early death by hhh on Monday November 19, 2018 @02:43PM (#18489111)
Playing games, specifically Diablo 3 & CoD MW2, separate times
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