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When looking for additional help, your GP should usually be the first port of call. But if you don't feel comfortable talking to your GP about the problem then you can go to a Family Planning Clinic or a Genito-Urinary Medicine (GUM) clinic.

Dial either of these numbers for advice about where to find your nearest clinic and get help:

NHS Direct 0845 4647

Sexual Health Direct 0845 310 1334
(Family Planning Association helpline)

If you don't want to wait for an appointment, you can walk straight into some clinics, like the Jefferiss Wing of St Mary's Hospital, Paddington, London (telephone 020 7886 1697).

Many UK organisations are dedicated to sharing information and advice about your condition. Here are a few of the most useful:

www.basrt.org.uk The British Association for Sex and Relationship Therapy (has a directory of psychosexual therapists)

www.relate.org.uk Relate (helps couples to resolve relationship and sexual difficulties)

www.familydoctor.org Family Doctor (provides very clear descriptions of many medical conditions and has an on-line diagnosis facility)

www.netdoctor.co.uk Net Doctor (an excellent facility with lots of good advice about painful sex and sex during pregnancy)

www.endometriosis.org.uk A site specifically for endometriosis sufferers (offering advice and support)

www.wellbeing.org.uk WOW — Wellbeing of Women (funds vital research into women's health issues)

www.vaginismus.com A site specially for sufferers of Vaginismus, but we recommend the section what can men do to help. It applies to sufferers of collision dyspareunia, just as much as to suffers of vaginismus. Make sure your partner sees it.