Sandi,

Thanks for mentioning different sleep.

Research was done. All involved had to stay awake as Long as possible then sleep. Research team monitored what Type of sleep they got.

Results = deep sleep in the amount you had missed.

If you stayed awake for 2 days you went right into Deep Sleep - bypassing all other stages - and had 2 day's worth of deep sleep - approx 4 hours. If you stayed awake for 3 days you had 6 hours deep sleep. 4 Days and 8 hours deep sleep.

The body is willing to Sacrifice all other sleep except Deep Sleep. And it keeps a Tab on that. Interesting.

I once stayed awake for 52 hours straight after 6 hours sleep. Then had 4 hours sleep and was right as rain for another 48 hour stint.

The Trick to not falling asleep was to keep Moving. If I sat still I Instantly felt my body "disconnecting". At which point I Moved to re-establish the connection.

Towards the end of the 52 hours I was feeling "odd". As if I'd taken some drugs. Concentration was shot. Ability to think logically was diminished - could Focus on one thing at a time, no multitasking for me. Eyesight was fine - unless I sat still and then they would Waver as I started to drift off. Speech was not effected.

If you want to feel out of it, don't smoke pot, just stay awake for two days.

Michael Ross