Ear equalizing

[dive_lover88]

For me,i always have that problem...so i have 2 choices when decending in CURRENTS...1) Comin' hot descent and painful clearing or 2) easy clearing with crazy descending to meet the grp. My ears is a problem...(just found out this method on the 20th dive)so i now normally equalise a few times above water and do the number 1 choice of descent but without pain.
There's this time i did the comin' hot method and blew afew blood vessels in my nose and was bleeding throughout the dive(of course with out my knowledge).

 

[~Orca*Chick~]

yea ive had problems with my ears...thats why i didnt my cerification when i was 13. i went diving on the 9th of this month and i could only go down to likw 16 feet...IT SUCKED! i was really mad. but stuff like that happens with my ears. even though i love it, diving has been really challenging for me.

i feel your pain

~Orca*Chick~

:butnhome:

 

[TheAlphaMag]

So you guys are aware ,

If you are in Florida.. and pretty much a lot of states are implementing regulation of sudafed and pretty soon it will be behind the counter only ( pharmacist will have to dispense it to you and probably will have to sign for it.. its still OTC though )
due the dam kids using it as a primary ingredient to make meth.

Not sure about making meth, but I do know people are just drinking bottles of the stuff to get a buzz. If only these people knew about diving. Theres better highs then drugs:shakehead

 

[jgmaroe]

During my OW cert, and in two dives in Cabo thereafter, I had an amazing amount of trouble equalizing... I loved diving, but it honestly put a downer on things, adding to stress both under and out of the water.

How I ended up fixing the problem? An allergy doctor. Many people don't even think of this as a possible cause to equalization problems (I didn't, and never even mentioned diving to the doctor, I realized it worked after treatments)- a simple allergy injection weekly and some daily pills really did the trick. I never have any problems, and to this day, I swear by it .

As for the water in the ears, I do know that there are companies that sell over-the-counter eardrops that dry out your ears safely. Do no use isopropyl, as it can overdry them.