Curiously enough, yes. I found out... the hard way.

[ In his first week he forgot to eat and sleep even more than he does now. And may have completely passed out once. ]

I had initially assumed that I was a regular person trapped in a supernatural prison, so this did not surprise me. It was the out-of-time properties of Akademeia that caused my needs to be frozen, after all.

Now... well, now that I know I am created from magic whole-cloth, it's a little more baffling.