CS6 is messing up my brush strokes?

I've had some trouble with Photoshop lately with my tablet. Whenever I'm trying to draw, it suddenly creates a brush stroke that I didn't do. Basically, it takes the brush stroke, extends it, brings it back, and thickens it like pen pressure was freaking out. I have a Genius tablet (not sure what model), and it never does this in Paint Tool SAI for me. Is my tablet just not compatible for CS6? I've tried it on CS5, too, and it does the same thing, so maybe it's not Photoshop friendly?
Is there any setting or something I can change to fix it?
Thanks
Stilanion

This is what I mean by it messing up my strokes.

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