Multiple clicks needed to select tool

On my system PS CS5 has a weird bug, whenever I want to select a tool in one of toolbar subbars (for instance switching from the rectangular selection tool to the circular one) I have to click a number of times on the tool before it gets selected. This can be as much as 10 times. As you can imagine that's really irritating.
Anybody got an idea how to solve this?
Sys specs:
MacBook Pro
Mac OS X 10.6.7
2.66Ghz Intel Core i7
8GB 1067 MHz DDR3

My Issue here is absolutely due to key events being seen by the OS. My "click" problems are not limited to Photoshop. They are most frustrating when working in Illustrator or Photoshop, but not limited to Adobe apps.
How I know it's a key up issue... I click, nothing, I click again, nothing. I swipe my finger across the left side control-option-command keys on the keyboard, I click - the click registers. This happens repeatedly throughout any work session and has since OS 10.6.6 (running 10.6.8 now). I've done clean installs, ground up installs, replaced keyboards, and still the issue will be present to some degree. The only thing I haven't done is gone without my Wacom because frankly, I simply can't work without it.

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