Any success with this?

I can just imagine that conversation with my already baffled doctor! Seriously though I would only consider it if learning to relax the PF and having trigger points removed didn't do the job because botox doesn't deactivate trigger points so it's another band aid kind of solution with a short life span plus it doesn't retrain the brain to stop clenching so the second the botox started to wear off I'd be clenching again and back to square one. I've read posts all over online from women who've tried botox and never seen anything positive, I think a lady on here tried them and it didn't work because it's more for localised provoked pain as opposed to generalised unprovoked so probably not a great option for me anyway. Another things that would worry me is injection sites can easily turn into yet more trigger points and I really don't need any help in producing trigger points! Are you thinking about having some done?

Hi Sarah,

Yeah I am considering it. Just need to find a doctor in London who does it. The research in the area is pretty good for localised provoked V, which is what I have. I know it's short term, but that's probably a positive. I think it might help me find out if the muscles are really causing the VV. If I have it done and things even slightly improve, even in the short term, then i'll know the muscles are part or all of the problem. I'm just not able to stop clenching them. I just cannot seem to remember to relax them often enough for it to make a difference at the moment. Botox has such a high success rate for vagismus too. I know it's a new treatment in the UK, so i'm not sure how easy it is going to be to find someone to do it. I don't even know where to start! I don't want to ask my GP. I'd rather find a doctor and make contact with them, then once I have a name approach my GP. I might not even tell her it's botox, just that this Dr is a a specialist in V. I'm fed up with my GP at the moment to be honest! She doesn't have a bloody clue!

My doctor is the same, referring me for stress incontinence when I have the opposite problem just says it all really. I don't really know what to suggest, I'm not sure what kind of doctor it would have to be either. Anyway keep us posted and remember if you check in every minute or so what you're doing with the pelvic floor and then relax it every time eventually it will stay relaxed for longer and longer. It's not easy, I've got probably a year or more of retraining everything to work correctly because I'm such a mess so I know how daunting it seems. Good luck with your botox search.