# Freaky! I just lost 24 hours of my life . . . **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [January 7, 2012, 1:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/freaky-i-just-lost-24-hours-of-my-life/608689 "2012-01-07T01:43:54Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 2\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Mama\_Zappa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/71e660/32.png) [@Mama\_Zappa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mama_Zappa)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2012, 6:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/freaky-i-just-lost-24-hours-of-my-life/608689/41 "2012-01-09T18:30:31Z")
> [@picunurse](#): > > If one is sound asleep, the kidneys don’t make as much urine. A chemical transmitter called ADH (Anti-diuretic Hormone) is released upon falling asleep. It stops when one awakens. That’s why urine is darker in the morning. However, the kidneys don’t _stop_, just slow down, which is why we all do that beeline for the bathroom first thing in the morning. That’s after 8 hours. 24+ hours is pretty extreme even for someone who usually sleeps through without a potty break (not me - it’s rare that I don’t have one bathroom trip during the night). I vote for “got up, absentmindedly let the dogs out while she peed, let them back in, stumbled to the couch, then woke up hours later without remembering anything”. ---
**Author:** ![elfkin477](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a9a28c/32.png) [@elfkin477](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elfkin477)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2012, 7:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/freaky-i-just-lost-24-hours-of-my-life/608689/42 "2012-01-09T19:02:33Z")
> [@Dr.Colossus](#): > > Isn’t this what they call a [Fugue state](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fugue_state)? I was thinking transient ischaemic attack, but either way something I’d definitely talk to an MD about. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/freaky-i-just-lost-24-hours-of-my-life/608689.md?page=2)