Vaginismus - what helps?

[Sparks654]

Hi ladies

I have been suffering with this for about 2 years now. Wondering if anyone has advice about what helped them?

Things I am doing already:

Yoga
Breathing
Mindfulness
Taking magnesium and drinking chamomile
Diazepam
Pelvic physical therapy (This made things worse).

That is all for now. I find it a very in uncomfortable condition to live with (combined with vulvodynia) and it stops me from travelling by car for example. I really want to find a solution for this or at least release the muscles. I wonder if anyone has any other tips?

For me gradual use of the dilators,
but also “letting go” mentally, my mantra was saying to myself “I’m not scared” that really helped. Also being fed up of it ruling my life, some counselling but mainly letting go of fear.

Did you go to your doctor about it?