Photoshop hotkeys are intermittently pulling down menus instead of switching tools

I am currently using Photoshop CS5. When I try to use hotkeys to switch tools, instead of switching them, menus from the menu bar will drop. For example, I hit "E" for the eraser tool, but instead of switching to the eraser the Edit menu drops. I have to hit "E" several times before it will finally switch. It won't drop menus every time, but it does most of the time and it is very inconsistent and annoying. I have never had this problem before and am not doing anything different than I have ever done, and it only recently began doing it. I work fairly quickly and used to be able to switch between tools like brush, lasso, and eraser very quickly, but now menus keep dropping randomly and I keep having to stop and try to get the right tools to kick in. It is driving me crazy, please help! Thanks!

You seem to know Photoshop keys and that short cut key change meaning depending on Photoshop and current documents states. It not like the shortcut key is doing something it is not set to do. Its more like Photoshop and Active document are not in the state they should be in when you use the shortcut. Like the alt key stuck or some state did not reset or get change to. So one of the key function was done when you were expecting one of its other functions to be done. You need to track down exactly what is happening.
There are so many shortcuts and states in Photoshop I surely don't know most and I've been using Photoshop mote the 20 years. I only use a subset of Photoshop features. You can read what ever tone you want in my reply. No tone was intended. I do not communicate all the well however like other here I try the best that I can to help others.

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