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Uncontrollable pain that can ruin lives Part 1 (Teacher: Michael)

Migraine sufferers often their pain is the worst in the world. They spend anything from 24 hours to three days suffering an unbearable headache, accompanied by nausea and vomiting. Their vision is disturbed, they can't eat, they can't stand and they frightened and tired.

This level of suffering happens to nearly six million in Britain - over a tenth of the population - as regularly as once a month in many cases, yet migraine is often dismissed by non-sufferers as a trivial complaint.

In a study, called the UK Migraine Patient Survey, it shown that over a third of migraine patients believe their condition controls their lives. More than half their migraine prevented them from maintaining their relationship with their partner and two-thirds they they not control their attacks.

Sue, a 52-year-old author, is a life-long migraine victim.

"It feels as if somebody is hammering six-inch nails through your eye," she . "You to lie in a dark for three days, vomiting at three-hourly intervals."

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