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Can somebody tell me how can not sleeping 24 hours affect your brain ?
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Instability : There is no healthy way to prepare for no sleep for 24 hours. Decrease in brain chemistry will produce psycotic and erratic behavior that will begin after 24 hours of not sleeping.
Answered 2/23/2014
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