Although not at all medically qualified, i know the kind of feeling you describe. After almost every dive trip i have come away with stuffed ears, that feel like water is trapped in them. I dont dive with congestion or colds etc (however moving to this hot and humid climate does seem to make me feel more congested every morning, maybe that is what is causing this?), but always seem to get this feeling that starts about an hour or so after diving (usually on the drive home) and continues for a few days in one or both ears. As my diving is on weekends, i just suffer it through the week until the following weekends. I am pretty sure its cos i am not equalizing often enough, i am trying to do it more so, but if i dont feel the squeeze or any pain as i descend, but still get this every time. It has reduced in intensity though since i first started and the recovery period is lessening from almost a week down to a few days. I typically remedy this by sleeping on the opposite side to the blockage, or if its in both ears i sleep with my head slightly elevated to encourage drainage. As for continuing to dive after feeling this, i prefer not to as it seems to exacerbate the feeling. Are you fairly new and not equalizing enough, or have you had recent troubles with congestion etc? My ENT did see some fluid in my ear when i saw him in october with the same feeling, so i am mostly certain its still going on, that was after my checkout dives when i didnt equalize anywhere near enough and felt pain, these times i get the same post diving feeling, without the pain or anything telling me that there is something wrong - hence the playing around with equalizing frequency (I can do it 20 times in a row on the surface just sitting here in front of the computer, but that dry air doesnt help me swallow all that easily and the valsalva doesnt seem to work too well). Just some thoughts, hopefully something in my experiences so far can help you out.
