Why is mouse behavior so horrible in osx mavericks?

After "upgrading" to Mavericks, mouse behavior has become erratic regardless of what non-Apple mouse I use, wired or wireless (Logitech & MS).
Behavioral issues encountered are:
- Dragging and Dropping any items in any application including the Finder and Desktop is like playing russian roulette with a 9mm pistol. With the mouse button down, a release is registered and half a second later, another click is registered.
- Clicks not being registered (mostly when trying to close Safari tabs)
- Double clicking automatically happens about 50% of the time when only single clicks are inteneded.
With all mouse drivers updated (for every brand and model of mouse I've attempted to use), the same erratic behavior is randomly encounterd. I have already reset SMC and PRAM to no avail.
Are there some new settings I'm not aware of? Or should I just go out and purchase an Apple mouse?
Thanks for any advice/help on figuring this out.

Thank you William. I normally don't use the mfg's drivers as the OS native driver has always worked fine (minus the acceleration curve). But, due to the issues i'm experiencing now, am trying the mfg osx mavericks drivers and they aren't helping much.
Thank you!

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