"The pain. It is as if someone injected battery acid into the lining of my brain and spinal cord and set it on fire. Like habanero pepper juice is being thrown in my eyes while jack hammers are making quick work of my jaw line. You know when someone speaks into a microphone in a room with great acoustics and the feedback produces that loud, high pitched squeal? This is what I hear in my ears."
If you don't suffer from migraine, the pain Laura describes is unimaginable. But 30 million Americans experience similar symptoms - and, amazingly, about 12 million of them endure migraine every day.
The Migraine Research Foundation is the only organization in the U.S. whose sole purpose is to raise funds for innovative scientific research to further the understanding of the causes and better treatment of migraine and ultimately to find a cure.
