* It's not a matter of how long someone can live without sleep but a matter of how long can someone stay awake without passing out. Probably not more than two days.
* You can find normal people staying awake for three days. You can find exceptional people to stay awake for 30 days. Some extra exceptional people lie awake for more than 20 to 30 years.
* The current record is a bit over eighteen days, but this SHOULD NOT BE ATTEMPTED.
About three days without any sleep what so ever.
last about 2-4 days.
Like breathing, sleep is a fundamental human requirement. It has even been said that one could survive for three times as long without food as one could without sleep. One of the better known experiments on this subject, found that depriving rats entirely of sleep resulted in their death, or near-dying state, within 11-32 days.
World records for days without sleep have surpassed 10 days. Theoretically, one does not need sleep, but will function less effectively without the "recharge" it provides to the body and mind.
People can only go without sleep for about two days. Then they just have to fall asleep. Ive stayed up 4 days straight.
It depends on the persons body and how it reacts to the loss of sleep
10 days.
Not from going without sleep. The alcohol will eventually kill you, though.
In May 2007 a British man named Tony Wright stayed awake for 266 hours, just a little more than 11 days.
sleep at night
sleep at night
8 days