Firefox stops responding frequently and always runs slow, also wants to resend info a lot?

I will be using Firefox fine one minute and then the next it will stop responding, it doesn't close down or anything, it just stops responding... nothing will work.
Also, I've noticed a lot of the time Firefox will run extremely slow. I thought that maybe it was the website I was using or a program my computer was running, or even the settings in Firefox, but it was none of them... It just runs really slow.
Frequently I get a window pop up that says that the script stopped working or that it needs to resend the information or something like that, it's very frustrating.
I've had to start using Safari again because unlike Firefox, Safari works... Does anyone know how to fix these problems because I do prefer Firefox?
Also I'm running Windows 7 on a Toshiba Laptop...

Try to create a new profile. To create a new profile,
1. Make sure Firefox is not running.
2. Press Windows key+R to open Run command.
3. Type '''firefox -p''' and hit enter.
4. Firefox Profile Manager will open. Click New Profile.
If the new profile works fine, import history and bookmarks from the old profile and delete the old profile.
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