I'm experiencing a glitch where my profile says I have 3 notifications but when I go to my notifications and look at them then go back the number doesn't go away. anyone know what to do?

It's a long-time glitch on this site, Austin. Mine currently shows 11 but it's been up over 100. I think Rooster's was over 200 last year. Every once in a while somebody re-sets it.

You could try scrolling down as Tiger suggested. It seems to work for some people but has never worked for me. After a while you just learn to ignore them.