Can you die if you do not sleep?

Answer 1

You could get VERY sick from it. You might even go crazy.

Heres what someone found:

Lack of sleep may also result in irritability, blurred vision, slurred speech, memory lapses, overall confusion, hallucinations, decreased sex drive, nausea, psychosis, and eventually death

There are no documented cases of a healthy human dying from total sleep deprivation (excluding accidents), aside from those suffering from Fatal Familial Insomnia. In carefully monitored experiments, several normal research subjects stayed awake for 10 days. While they all experienced cognitive deficits in memory, concentration, etc, none of them experienced serious medical, neurological, physiological or psychiatric problems [1]. Total sleep deprivation in rats leads to death in around 28 days. Death occurs later if only REM sleep is eliminated. In humans, extended sleep deprivation causes microsleep sessions to develop. A person who has fatal familial insomnia may die after several months with no sleep at all; people without this condition may experience dementia or develop permanent personality changes within the first few weeks.

Answer 2

Yes, not sleeping for an extended period of time can lead to serious health problems and eventually death. Sleep deprivation can negatively impact physical and cognitive function, weaken the immune system, and increase the risk of various health conditions. However, the exact duration of sleep deprivation required to cause death may vary depending on individual factors.