Can you die from not having no sleep?

Answer 1

Eventually, if you stay awake for long enough you CAN die.

At one day without sleep, you'd be grouchy and slow.

At two days without sleep, you'd start to have problems concentrating and may forget to do things that you normally do.

At three days, it would be hard to remember any type of instructions. Even reciting your numbers from 1 - 10 will be hard for you.

At ten days, you'd be having hallucinations and would not be able to tell what's real and what's not.

Even more? No one I've ever heard of has been able to stay awake for more than 12 days. If so, it WILL be possible for you to die from lack of sleep.

Answer 2

A person can die from starvation in a couple of weeks whereas a person can die in a couple days from lack of sleep. Therefore yes, a person will die from total lack of sleep faster than lack of food.

Answer 3

Lack of food... The human body has 'autonomic reflexes' which shut the metabolism down when it needs to 're-charge'. Even if you're 'forcibly' kept awake, eventually the body simply 'insists' you get (usually a very deep) sleep for as long as the body needs.

Answer 4

Generally lack of sleep is not fatal unless it causes you to have a car accident.

Answer 5

depens on how much lack of sleep you are getting. a couple a hours a day that can. it all depens on how much you get.

Answer 6

Depending on amount of body fat a person can live a few weeks to several months without food. Normally, a person can live for only a week or slightly longer without sleep.

Answer 7

No you would just be extremely tired and grumpy

What if you are so tired that you walk into the road and get run over by a car. Then you would die from not getting any sleep.

Answer 8

Yes they can, although it is rare for anyone to experience a fatal amount of sleep deprivation.