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Originally Posted by Bearcat
I've known a few people who swear they only need a few hours of sleep/night... sometimes I wish I could do that, but even 20 years ago I wouldn't be able to do that for more than a day or two without turning into a zombie.
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It sux to be an insomniac. In HS and college I often only got 3-4 hours of sleep/night. But most of the time I could function just fine. I didn't like how I felt, but I could go about my business. Every few weeks I'd go sleepless for a couple days, and that sucked. A few times a year I'd go 50+ hours. Twice I went 5 straight days without sleeping. Hallucinated towards the end of those, smelled rotten oranges all day, saw things that weren't there, etc.
Nowadays, a couple times a year I'll go sleepless for 40+ hours. Most nights I can get 6 hours of sleep.
Worst thing about it is that when it hits, you're just stuck with it. No sleeping pills/alcohol/drugs seem to work. You're just awake until it's over, whenever that happens.