Firefox has recently started freezing and unfreezing, how do I fix this?

As noted above Firefox seems to be having trouble with freezing, I have reinstalled Firefox, Java, and Adobe Flash, all without any success. I am not having such trouble with IE running on the same computer, and going to the same sites. This has happened several times while I type this little bit of text. The text that I input finally shows up, but some mouse clicks don't get through, and I have to make them again.
Edit: I also have cleared the cache, recent history, and deleted all cookies trying to fix this issue.
New edit 12/22/2011: I have now uninstalled 8.0.1, and installed 9.0.1, with the same bad results. I really want Firefox working for me again.

Thank you for your reply.
The problem self corrected about a month after I posted that, and I forgot that I had made the post.
It may interest you to know that I only have addons of the plugin type. There are eleven of them, and six of those have had updates with the sort of timing that leaves me not knowing if any of them had an update around the start of the problem, or around the end of it. their most recent updates were at least 1 month after the problem ended, and I have no record of any updates before that time. Two of those six are Java plugins, two are shockwave plugins, even though I don't know exactly when they were updated, I do know that they were updated at lease once during the time I had the issue, and those updates didn't fix it. Leaving only a Google update, and Pando web plugin for suspects.
In my OP I likely should have mentioned that in the past I had had short periods with this problem as well, and it always had self corrected in just a few days. The problem wasn't as severe in the earlier cases ether. Next time it happens I will try your method and see if I can end the problem on the spot. The down side to that is that if it's not the Google or Pando plugins, it would have to be one of the ones that most everyone depends on for much of their enjoyment on the web.
Is there anything else you can think of that could be suspect? BTW, I maybe should mention that I don't allow any extra tool bars to install on my browser, It's part of how I like my web experience.

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