IPad Message App Slow Response

Hello there,
My iPad Air 2 (iOS 8.3) is having an issue with the Messages app.
When I open the app to look at the messages I have, it becomes very slow and there is a lag when you click around and try and view my message threads. I've had this issue for over a month now.
I still received the new messages to this device but it can take a while to actually view them. Everything is working fine with the messages being delivered to my iPhone and Macbook. There just seems to be an issue with my iPad.
Does anybody have a resolution or suggestions to look into.
I've tried turning iMessages off in the Settings and restarting and turning it back on. But it hasn't cured the problem.
Look forward to hearing from you guys.
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I also have this very same issue. It starts doing this if I try to delete an individual message thread in messages. I then have to reboot the device and the deleted message thread reappears (does not delete). It works fine as long as I don't try to delete an individual text message thread after a fresh reboot. As a matter of fact, I have been unable to delete any individual text message threads in messages since this issue started.
This all started with one of the IOS 8 updates.
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Troubleshooting FaceTime http://support.apple.com/kb/TS3367
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http://tinyurl.com/a7odey8
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http://support.apple.com/kb/TS4268
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iOS 6 and OS X Mountain Lion: Link your phone number and Apple ID for use with FaceTime and iMessage
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5538
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