It's in the IDE, not the actual game. Sorry I didn't make that clear. I am trying the power savings option and will report back in a few days if it's still happening.
Also, the slow down is constant. When I do a layout reset, and then reboot the program, it's better again for a little while.
I hope the suggestion works, because I do hop back and forth between programs often. Thanks. (One other note. I'm not sure if it's just a placebo, but I work on dual monitors. When it's on my primary one (laptop) things run better for longer. But again, that might be placebo.
EDIT: I think the powersaving mode solution helped. Thanks so much. As you can imagine, it was SO laggy at 15%.
Could it possibly be that my second monitor, even though I'm using it, and it's "in focus" the IDE thought it's "not in focus" and assumed my laptop screen was the one in focus?" Things are running on the laptop sometimes. Youtube videos/music, etc...