Yeah but after 6 days you start literally falling apart from the inside out.
If you read the comments as well as the articles, one girl stayed awak for 11 and a half days attempting to break the record, and after day 5 she started feeling nauseated, constant nosebleeds from high blood pressure, constant shivering, hallucinations, etc. At the end of her ordeal a paramedic forced her into sleep by giving a sedative of some type and her doctor said that her brain was very close to going into a comatose state.
I believe it. Although I am tempted to try to stay up beyond my 2.5 day record just to see if I start getting trippy from the supposed 'high' at the 36 hour mark. I may do some googling to see what I come up with.
