If Ears are constantly Popping, why arent they getting better?

Hello Everyone, I was diagnosed with ETD about 6 months ago and now I basically just got used to life with my ears popping everytime I swallow. But now my ETD is getting worse, Im starting to feel dull constant pain and just general uncomfortableness in my ears. Also when I lay down theres like a slushy liquid feeling thats weird. Its been keeping me awake at night, even with sleeping pills.

Because of these symptoms I've been trying to clear my tubes, but I had a realization that doesnt really make sense to me... Basically my question is, If my ears pop every single time I swallow (maybe like 100 times a day) wouldnt that mean that they are draining a tiny bit by bit throughout the day? Why wouldnt they clear up overtime with the constant popping?

I use saline rinse twice day and for maybe 5 min afterwards they wont pop when I swallow and its great, but soon it goes right back to normal, which makes me think its not that I have liquid that needs to drain, but maybe my tubes just click/pop for some other reason??