Logic Pro - weird issue, lose all my work constantly

Hey guys.
I'm experiencing a really frustrating problem with logic (I have 9.1.7) that started occuring recently. It came before the logic software update though.
What happens is, after a while of working my logic will start showing weird glitchy graphics (cursors not displaying properly, white "flashes", scrolling looks weird etc) and when i click the menu line of logic (to save) down comes a totally white dropdown with no options. Even if i cmd + s or chose to save before exit - nothing happens, and i lose all my work. I'm not 100% sure about this as i dont recall every time i save (which i do quite often) but sometimes it seems like i loose a big part of my saved progress aswell. Like now, I've just been set back around 5 hours workwise which is a disaster, and I know for a fact i saved 58-9 times. Logic crashes without an error report.
What could this be? It's driving me nuts - this is my fulltime job and being set back 5 hours means i lose practically a whole days worth of work (meaning less time with family, and more time ripping my hair out)
Any help would be much appreciated!
(for the record, all my software is legal)

Not sure if this is exactly the same problem but you might want to take a look at this... although the support article references 10.6.8 it may pertain to 10.6.7 as well.
If you try it, follow the directions exactly.
http://support.apple.com/kb/TS3968

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