Apple watch control panel/notifications don’t work

I know control panel does not open on home screen. When this happens it doesn’t matter if I’m on the watch face or in an app. On watch face up/down swiping doesn’t work, but switching watch faces swiping left/right works. In an app, long tapping and swiping them open doesn’t work either.

Both work perfectly fine after a forced reset, and then at some point along the day it just stops working again and I have to force reset again. Yesterday I had to do this three times. Once in the morning, then at work and lastly as I was going to bed.

I do have all-around protective case , but taking it off doesn’t help. It shouldnt be pressing any buttons either, as the case has holes where the buttons are. (If it matters, this is the one I use: https://www.amazon.com/pzoz-Compatible-Protector-Accessories-Coverage/dp/B07R4HQRXP )

Thank you, I have actually never contacted Apple support before, so this was new to me!

If anyone has the same problem in the future: removing the pairing between my iphone and watch and restarting the watch from the beginning worked. I also chose the option to restart the watch as new, because I didn’t have any information that I absolutely needed to save on my watch.

Now I haven’t had any issues in almost a week, so it definitely fixed the problem!