Botox for Vaginismus

Hi girls,

so a brief background, I've had vulvodynia for about 2.5 years and secondary vaginismus for about 1 year. I have an over active pelvic floor which I'm going to the physio for, but my gynaecologist also suggested doing botox for it so I did. I had it done about 3 weeks ago and the difference is amazing. I still have days of irritation if I'm sitting down for too long, but I've been able to have relatively pain free sex (I have initial pain on penetration but once we get going it stops), with hardly any feelings of soreness or irritation the day after. I used to have about 2 days of irritation after sex, and I needed to ice the area and stuff. I was also in a long term relationship which ended in Feb this year, and we hadn't had sex since about September, but I've been able to have sex with people since. Obviously the botox won't help with the pain I have around my vulva, which is the vulvodynia and therefore has a different treatment path as I'm sure you're all aware of, but I recommend that any of you with vaginismus to ask about botox. I know everyone is different, and I had to be examined to see if I was eligible for it, and that it doesn't help in some cases, but I think anything is worth ago! Feel free to message me with any questions or write them on here.

Thank you for sharing this! It's great to hear when women find some relief!

I also wanted to add that I had both right and left pudendal nerve blocks.