Giant pop up notifications after upgrading to 19.04

[Meshica7]

Hello everyone!!!!
A little help please!
I just upgraded to Kubuntu 19.04 and am experiencing a little, albeit annoying, issue.
2 issues, actually.

1. When I first log in and am presented with the Kubuntu desktop I have to do a little adjusting to the panel (I have my desktop layed out with a panel at the top and Latte Dock at the bottom ala MacOS). The top panel appears 1/3 of the way down on the desktop. I have to right-click the panel to access the preferences and then move it back into position at the top of the screen. This happens everytime I login.
   
2. Pop up notifications are HUGE. And I mean they take up the whole screen. Whenever a song changes..BOOM! The whole screen is a notification that interrupts workflow. Very annoying! Even when adjusting the system volume on the panel using my mouse wheel the volume bar notification pop up takes up the entire screen. It used to be a nice small pop up in the middle of the screen as were all other notifications.
   ***I must note that at times the pop ups do not take up the whole screen but rather appear 1/3 of the way down and span the width of the screen...about the same size as the Panel when I 1st login.

I can't figure this out folks. I tried the Notification setting but nothing there as to size. At first I thought it might be an Accessibility setting but nothing there either. I am suspecting an issue with the Panel itself..although I have looked at the Panel Settings and have not found anything that could be the source.

For now I'm booting into Xubuntu where, so far, I haven't noticed any issues.
Anyone have any ideas?

[Meshica7]

Ok..let's try this...
I created a Guest Session and logged into that. The issue does not exist in that session. All I can think of is that the issue is with the Panel itself/ I deleted the panel and added a new one but I still get huge notifications and the panel placement issue described in the original post. So..

Is there a way to re-install the Panel? Maybe a way to set it back to default?

[Snowhog]

What version of Kubuntu did you upgrade from?

[oshunluvr]

That's a wild problem. Clearly it's in your home somewhere.

What if you edit the panel and then scan your home folder to see what file(s) changed date/time stamp? Then maybe you can delete those files and copy a fresh version from new user account or maybe it will just recreate them.

[oshunluvr]

Also, do you have "Start with an empty session" selected in System Settings?