Adobe Software keeps "not responding"

Hello,
Within the past 2 months all of my Adobe software keeps going into "not responding" mode. This happens daily with ALL of my design software. Illustrator, InDesign and Photoshop. Sometimes it happens multiple times in an hour. I try and save often but I cannot tell you how much work I have lost when this happens when I least expect it. Specs of my machine are below. I am not to savy on the tech side of things, just a designer so any help you could provide would be GREATLY appreciated.
21.5" iMac, Late 2009
3.06 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo
4 GB 1067 MHz DDR3
NVIDIA GeForce 9400 256 MB
Mac OS X Lion 10.7.5 (11G63)
If you need another other specs that I did not list please let me know.
I am using Adobe Design Standard CS5.
Thank you!

4 GBs of RAM, especially after upgrading to OS X 10.7 Lion or Mountain Lion, is really the base working minimum for OS X. You are starving both OS X and Adobe CS5 by not having enough RAM memory resources.
Adobe is "freezing" because there is no where near enough RAM for it to function.
Especially so if you having all of the apps running simultaneously in the background.
Were you having these issues prior to upgrading to OS X Lion?
Every newer Intel version of OS X starting with OS X 10.6 through OS X 10.8 uses more CPU, GPU, RAM memory and hard drive resources.
Your iMac, can take up to 16 GBs of RAM.
My advice, install the Max. You'll be left with 12 GBs of RAM that your Adobe apps can use.
Purchase reliable and correct RAM from online RAM sellers Crucial memory or OWC (macsales).
Good Luck!

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