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The absolute longest anyone has voluntarily stayed awake before nodding off is 264 hours (about 11 days) â a record set by 17-year-old Randy Gardner for a high-school science fair project in 1965. Before falling asleep on day 11, he was essentially a vegetable with its eyes open. [ Top 10 Spooky Sleep Disorders ].
How long can you stay awake? The longest well-documented period without sleep that I have ever heard of is 264 hours and 12 minutesâ¦about 11 days[1]. The 17 year old Randy Gardner broke the previous record of 260 hours for his high school science fair project. This was in 1965 and I havenât read or heard of anything like it since.