# Have you ever stayed up all night?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-stayed-up-all-night/598335>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [October 2, 2011, 7:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-stayed-up-all-night/598335 "2011-10-02T07:48:58Z")\
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**Author:** ![TruCelt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/trucelt/32/523_2.png) [@TruCelt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TruCelt)\
**Post date:** [October 4, 2011, 7:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-stayed-up-all-night/598335/81 "2011-10-04T19:32:24Z")

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About once per month I stay up all night to catch up on house work or get a proposal in on time. There were years of my life when it happened more than once per week.

It’s really not that big a deal.

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**Author:** ![whiterabbit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/cab0a1/32.png) [@whiterabbit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/whiterabbit)\
**Post date:** [October 4, 2011, 9:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-stayed-up-all-night/598335/82 "2011-10-04T21:35:10Z")

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It’s only happened because of illness or insomnia or a combination thereof, and on those rare occasions, I feel physically ill and can’t function the next day. If I get fewer than five hours sleep under normal circumstances I have the same problem – no staying up all night and going to work for me.

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**Author:** ![Cunctator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/43a26b/32.png) [@Cunctator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cunctator)\
**Post date:** [October 4, 2011, 9:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-stayed-up-all-night/598335/83 "2011-10-04T21:41:57Z")

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No, I’ve never stayed up all night. I just don’t see the attraction.

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**Author:** ![Richard\_Pearse](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/richard_pearse/32/13144_2.png) [@Richard\_Pearse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Richard_Pearse)\
**Post date:** [October 5, 2011, 5:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-stayed-up-all-night/598335/84 "2011-10-05T05:00:28Z")

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I stay up all night 2 - 4 nights a week flying freight around the country. I won’t say I don’t like it, but I find it difficult, sleeping during the day is not something I do well.

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**Author:** ![aceplace57](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aceplace57/32/3500_2.png) [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\
**Post date:** [October 5, 2011, 5:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-stayed-up-all-night/598335/85 "2011-10-05T05:44:13Z")

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About once every couple months I’ll get involved in something really interesting on the computer or tv. I’ll look up and it’s 5 AM.

Going to bed for two hours, getting up and going to work is a bad option. I’ll feel much better just staying awake, go to work, and then crash in bed about 7pm.

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