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11,700 consecutive sleepless nights
#7781705 - 12/20/07 01:28 PM (16 years, 1 month ago) |
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You’d think going without sleep for that long may have its drawbacks, but not for the man in central Quang Nam province who has never been ill after decades of insomnia.
His inability to sleep has not only made him famous, but also represents a “miraculous” phenomenon worthy of scientific study.
Sixty-four-year-old Thai Ngoc, known as Hai Ngoc, said he could not sleep at night after getting a fever in 1973, and has counted infinite numbers of sheep during more than 11,700 consecutive sleepless nights.
“I don’t know whether the insomnia has impacted my health or not. But I’m still healthy and can farm normally like others,” Ngoc said.
Proving his health, the elderly resident of Que Trung commune, Que Son district said he can carry two 50kg bags of fertilizer down 4km of road to return home every day.
His wife said, “My husband used to sleep well, but these days, even liquor cannot put him down.”
She said when Ngoc went to Da Nang for a medical examination, doctors gave him a clean bill of health, except a minor decline in liver function.
Ngoc currently lives on his 5ha farm at the foot of a mountain busy with farming and taking care of pigs and chickens all day. His six children live at their house in Que Trung.
“I have tried sleeping pills and Vietnamese traditional medicine but nothing helps, even to sleep for a few minutes,” he said.
Creature of the night
Ngoc often does extra farm work or guards his farm at night to prevent theft, saying he used three months of sleepless nights to dig two large ponds to raise fish.
Neighbor Vu said Ngoc volunteered to help beat a drum during the night and guard the house for the relatives of the dead during funeral ceremonies so that they could take a nap.
Vu also said when the commune was planting sugar cane, several people also asked Ngoc to awaken them at midnight to go to work, since he was up anyway.
On Ngoc’s prolonged insomnia, Phan Ngoc Ha, director of the Hoa Khanh Mental Hospital in Danang said sleep disorders often cause anorexia, lethargy, and irritability.
But, in special cases, some people can handle it and still live and work normally, although this was a very small ratio among insomniacs, Ha added. http://www.thanhniennews.com/features/?catid=10&newsid=12673
dam u could get so much accomplished without sleep that fool is truely superior i wonder how his fevor affected him they really need 2 study more of this man
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Re: 11,700 consecutive sleepless nights [Re: Coaster]
#7781743 - 12/20/07 01:39 PM (16 years, 1 month ago) |
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fuck that shit if i didnt have dreams id turn into a acid/shroom head
love my sober trips
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Baʿal



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Re: 11,700 consecutive sleepless nights [Re: Konyap]
#7781753 - 12/20/07 01:43 PM (16 years, 1 month ago) |
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and wuts wrong with turning into that id rather do acid everynight and stay awake then sleep
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Re: 11,700 consecutive sleepless nights [Re: Konyap]
#7781754 - 12/20/07 01:43 PM (16 years, 1 month ago) |
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That's insane I can't even stand up straight after one night of no sleep, let alone 11,700 nights
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Re: 11,700 consecutive sleepless nights [Re: Robo]
#7781763 - 12/20/07 01:46 PM (16 years, 1 month ago) |
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damn that dudes got some good shard.
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Re: 11,700 consecutive sleepless nights [Re: Robo]
#7781764 - 12/20/07 01:47 PM (16 years, 1 month ago) |
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ya man it is truely insane that fool if he worked here would b sooo rich cuz u could like work the stock market in the daytime and then be a dj at night hahahahah he could make double incomes thats fuckin sick man think of the possibilities or he could be going 2 colllege and work fulltime tite shit
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Re: 11,700 consecutive sleepless nights [Re: Coaster]
#7781768 - 12/20/07 01:49 PM (16 years, 1 month ago) |
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thai_Ngoc
i dont believe that shit until a scientist is there making sure he is not sleeping
sounds fake and impossible
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Re: 11,700 consecutive sleepless nights [Re: Coaster]
#7781771 - 12/20/07 01:49 PM (16 years, 1 month ago) |
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Re: 11,700 consecutive sleepless nights [Re: 2859558484]
#7781773 - 12/20/07 01:50 PM (16 years, 1 month ago) |
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i take naps every day to hold me over until i can sleep again - this guy is nuts.
i'd know so much if i were him. do you think he is tired, but can't fall asleep? or that he just doesnt get tired?
if it were the latter, then i'd DEFINITELY love to have his condition, but being exhausted and not being able to sleep would blow.
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Re: 11,700 consecutive sleepless nights [Re: memes]
#7781782 - 12/20/07 01:52 PM (16 years, 1 month ago) |
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i dont think he gets tired i mean he fuckin carrys 100 kilograms 4 kilometers everyday thats consitent lol
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Re: 11,700 consecutive sleepless nights [Re: Coaster]
#7781835 - 12/20/07 02:15 PM (16 years, 1 month ago) |
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Yeah, I don't know if I buy it either. From what I've heard, after an extended period of time without sleep your body will just shut down all together and you'll pass out without much warning.
I mean 33 years? Eh, i'm pretty skeptical.
Some of those asians do love their meff, though.
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Re: 11,700 consecutive sleepless nights [Re: wildchild68]
#7782139 - 12/20/07 03:51 PM (16 years, 1 month ago) |
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I think Quang Nam is a pretty cool guy. Eh stays awake for years and doesn't afraid of anything.
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Re: 11,700 consecutive sleepless nights [Re: fapjack]
#7782477 - 12/20/07 05:23 PM (16 years, 1 month ago) |
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I dunno you guys. It says here that...
"In April, 2007, however, Ngoc reported that he was beginning to feel grumpy due to the lack of sleep."
grumpy.
I call bullshit on this though. There is no possible way to go that long without sleep.
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Re: 11,700 consecutive sleepless nights [Re: Coaster]
#7782567 - 12/20/07 05:48 PM (16 years, 1 month ago) |
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There is a drug now that you can take which removes the need for sleep. It's not a stimulant, either, not even like caffeine!
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Re: 11,700 consecutive sleepless nights [Re: trendal]
#7782571 - 12/20/07 05:49 PM (16 years, 1 month ago) |
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whats it called? I don't believe it.
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Re: 11,700 consecutive sleepless nights [Re: Drewwyann]
#7782603 - 12/20/07 05:59 PM (16 years, 1 month ago) |
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Re: 11,700 consecutive sleepless nights [Re: Coaster]
#7782625 - 12/20/07 06:04 PM (16 years, 1 month ago) |
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You will die without sleep. He may be sleep deprived for years, but not sleepless. It's impossible.
Furthermore, there's plenty of evidence that lack of sleep negatively affects one's health.
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Re: 11,700 consecutive sleepless nights [Re: trendal]
#7782631 - 12/20/07 06:06 PM (16 years, 1 month ago) |
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There is a drug now that you can take which totally removes the need for sleep.
I read about that. Its effects are temporary and only work on monkeys not humans. It's called CX717.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CX717
This guy sounds like the other popular BS story going around of some monk who hasn't had food or water for several years.
I doubt this guy really stayed awake for years. And his story of visiting his doctor sounds like BS too. A competent doctor would have ordered a sleep study (polysomnography) which involves monitoring a patient's EEG and other parameters while he spends a night in a medical sleep lab. From the story, all the doctor did was a hematology study. By most standards, that's malpractice.
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Re: 11,700 consecutive sleepless nights [Re: trendal]
#7782637 - 12/20/07 06:09 PM (16 years, 1 month ago) |
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Damn. I gotta get some of that. Sometimes at raves, the only reason I do drugs is to stay up all night.
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Re: 11,700 consecutive sleepless nights [Re: trendal]
#7782645 - 12/20/07 06:11 PM (16 years, 1 month ago) |
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Modafinil
Oh wow, there's another one. From the Wiki article, I don't think that one can be used to indefinitely postpone sleep either.
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