How often do you simply skip a night of sleep? Do you find it has adverse affects?

Once or twice a week regularly. The other nights I sleep very little anyway. Adverse effects? Only crankiness sometimes. Not sleepy at all during the day.

@Zen_Again I definitely know the cranky part! As for the rise in risk of heart disease, hopefully that isn’t the case for me… Or you, I hope!

:-)

I don’t really worry. I do feel like shit if I miss a night of sleep, I feel fatigued and out of it all day.Driving without sleep is worse than drunk driving.

@Freedom_Issues Once, I was spending a weekend at my brothers to hike Mt. Ranier a bit. I have arachnaphobia, and saw a giant spider the night before. I didnt sleep a wink, then hiked mt ranier, then drove back after being up for 36 hours. It was one of the hardest days ever for me.

I did it all the time when I was working full time and had small children. It messed up my metabolism. I still do it sometimes, and my processing abilities at work the next day aren’t good.

@PandoraBoxx Hmm, I have a bit of a different experience when I skip sleeping. The following day, I feel great, fully functional and productive. Focused, even. It’s a bit hard to describe. It isn’t until late in the evening do I start feeling the fatigue.

Frequently in my military career.(now medically retired) Adrenaline and coffee would get me through the first day. Judgement starts getting impaired in day #2. My normal state right now is wakefulness, sleep induced only by alcohol and/or Valium. In a sleep-deprived condition you often think you are making good decisions when in fact you are doing very bizarre things. Sometimes only others can judge this.

@Xann009, I’m a lot older now, and I think the years of doing when I was younger has caught up with me. I used to be able to pull two all-nighters in a row before I crashed. I would find myself talking and stopping mid-sentence, as if my brain switched off for a second or two to compensate for the lack of sleep.

@PandoraBoxx That makes perfect sense. It has to catch up some time. I need to remember to skip sleep in moderation =P

@stranger_in_a_strange_land Definitely have to take that in heavy consideration.

once a week unfortunately
It leads to exhaustion after a while… and I wind up sleeping 12 hours straight on my day off sometimes. As far as adverse affects, I’ve noticed sensitivity to light, difficulty with reading books, absentmindedness, and impatience. So far no impact to my immune system.

Holy shit dudes, how do you manage to miss a nights sleep, I’ve never missed sleep my entire 34 years, I’d need to drink some serious amounts of redbull to survive the next day!

@Pazza I haven’t had an energy drink in more than a year =]

@Xann009
I only drink it with Vodka when I’m on the lash, but that doesn’t happen very often since I’ve got 4 kids :-)

I’m hoping Xmas will bring more opportunities! lol

@Xann009 Best of luck to you! Four little ones are very time consuming. I actually got a case of an expensive brand of tea I drink for xmas =) It was a pleasant surprise!

I stayed up most of last night, as a matter of fact. I don’t think it has any eggs, please, over easy, with bacon and sausage. And wheat toast. Tea with lemon.

It happens more often than I’d like! The thought police conduct their nightly raids keeping me up. As far as consequences I might make slight mistakes in paperwork but I am so used to it by now I don’t lose sleep over the fact I didn’t sleep! Ya know what I mean?

Wow, this never happens to me. I don’t think I’ve ever skipped an entire night’s sleep. I’ve always managed to sleep for a few hours before I have to go actually do anything, even if I stay up till 4am… And I’m cranky and tired unless I get about 5 hours. 8 is optimal, and I usually do manage to get 8.

Oh no, have to have my sleep. Can only remember a couple of occasions in my life where i skipped the whole night’s sleep. Those occasions were an emergency in the family. Even in college, never stay up all night studying.

I can’t remember skipping a night’s sleep since college days of cramming and speed.

Once in awhile I just can’t sleep so I skip a night of shut eye. I usually regret it fairly quickly though. I feel the effects before noon. I’m tired, my eyes feel puffy, I’m cranky, and I sometimes get a headache. It’s not worth it for me.

I only sleep 3–4 hours of sleep at night at best so the once or twice a week when it doesn’t come at all, it is hard to tell a difference.

I never miss a night of sleep. Eight hours every night for me!

Never.

I’ve never done it except maybe when flying to foreign countries.

not often, but every now and then i do. you kind of get used to it after a while

I do it constantly, but not on purpose. Unless I get really drunk I can’t seem to manage to get any decent sleep. Sometimes yes, most times no.

It probably has its effects, but I wouldn’t notice, as they’re most likely gradual, and you get used to it before you notice them.

I used to stay up all night, reading or on the computer, but now, I just fall asleep in place, whether I want to or not.

I haven’t been able to do that in about 20 years. I can manage to stay awake til about 3am at the latest, then I just have to sleep. And drinking coffee doesn’t work for me either, I seem to be immune to the effects of caffeine.

At least a few times a month I’ll go an entire night without falling asleep. I’ve had insomnia since becoming single a few years back, it’s weird but I think so many years of sleeping beside someone messed with my brain. When I sleep over with my SO, I often suddenly feel drowsy which I think is me being comfortable enough to relax and let needed sleep come, I often sleep through the night there compared to just a few hours a night if I’m at home. The effects of missing sleep are pretty bad. I’m going on over 2yrs now and I see changes in my skin/muscle tone, my weight dropping and being easily irritated.

Occasional sleep derivation may allow you to continue to function at a reasonably high level. Chronic sleep deprivation has been demonstrated to impair both cognitive functioning (thinking) and accurate sensory perception. It can seriously impair social perception and functioning as well.

Your age and health status can influence how much a person may be affected by even occasional sleep derivation. The very young and the elderly are probably less able to function well without sufficient sleep.

Once in a while and it really messes up day. I will get fatigued and nothing works for me. I always try to get my much needed sleep.

I don’t do that any more, although my hours are not exactly normal. I sleep until noon or later, and stay up until 2 am or later.

I have done it before when I was younger (on purpose). Now that I am older, I sometimes have a sleepless night (not on purpose).

When younger, it really didn’t bother me except that I would be over-tired by the evening of the second day, and subsequently not sleep well that night, either.

Now that I am older, a sleepless night really messes me up. I can so relate to @PandoraBoxx . I will be talking and not be able to think of the word I was just going to use. I can’t remember people’s names in the office. I really just draw a blank on a lot of things.