Quote Originally Posted by Purple Banana
I saw a documentary on a genetic degenerative disorder that blocks the ability of the brain to produce sleep-inducing chemicals, causing the patient not to be able to sleep but an hour every week or so... It's fatal eventually, because the body becomes so worn out, ect. I can't remember the name, but I'll try to see if I can find info on it.
I'd be interested in reading that...

I can go about 2 days without sleep then I need about 8-10 hours to regain energy. I don't purposely try to push myself to my limits, but I wont go to sleep unless I'm tired, instead I stay up and do things. Such as writing and producing music. I've written most of my material in the late hours of the night and early morning when most people are sleeping. I find many of these times I can be very productive, so it got me wondering about the possibility of not needing to sleep so I could continue to work on projects at night without getting fatigued. I completed my most recent song (see sig) overnight just the other day, and finished it to the point it's at now by about 7am.

P.S. The story of the thai guy is true... All of the stories posted on that site are true. Oddee - Quality Entertainment it's known for having the wierdest but truest things on their site, it's actually a pretty damn cool site... That one was under the page of people with extraordinary abilities, another interesting one on there is the blind boy who taught himself to see using a form of sonar and sensitivity so sound changes between spaces.

I reccomend checking it out, if you want a cool site to kill some time with.:thumbsup:
ghosty Reviewed by ghosty on . Is it possible to override the need for sleep? So lately my sleep schedule has been totally backwards and irregular... I sometimes find that when I sleep in shorter intervals that I have more energy than when I sleep for a while. So I got to thinking... There are many times in Special Ops military branches, and just other occupations where one must go for many days with very little to no sleep. It made me wonder about the possibility of overriding the instinct and need for sleep. Is it possible through conditioning and perhaps diet Rating: 5