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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 ].
Determining how long a person can live without sleep is much harder than with food and water. The sleep pattern and the bodyâs own response to lack of sleep are what makes it hard to say how long you can survive without sleep.etermining how long a person can live without sleep is much harder than with food and water. The sleep pattern and the bodyâs own response to lack of sleep are what makes it hard to say how long you can survive without sleep.