What Is The Longest Someone Has Stayed Awake

Last time was over 36 years.

Randy gardner born c. I left the states for europe and with flight delays and then the 3 hour drive to my destination ended up being 37 hours. I am currently on my 7th day of being awake and have only had 4 hours real sleep in 10 and a half days. 1946 is an american from san diego california who set the record for the longest amount of time a human has gone without sleep in december 1963 january 1964 17 year old gardner stayed awake for 11 days and 25 minutes 264 4 hours breaking the previous record of 260 hours held by honolulu dj tom rounds.

It remains one of the longest documented records for a human intentionally going without sleep using no stimulants and on the surface gardner appeared to get through it okay even beating sanford university researcher william dement in a game of pinball on the tenth day. A number of people tried to break gardner s record for the longest time anyone had stayed awake in the following years but the. The most recent was 37 hours. What is the longest a chronic insomniac has stayed awake.

I ve had insomnia for 5 months.