Just posting what I found to see if it helps anyone. I found the slow down is happening when I have all my indesign panels (Effect, character, swatches and so on) completely open on my screen (thinking it saves time from having to open them from icon view or icon with the name of the panel next to it.) The slow down happen even before the Maverick update. I just noticed it more after updating to Maverick. The minute I collapsed all my panels down to icon view, I immediately noticed an increase to performance. It's worth a try, just not sure why there is not the same problem with Photoshop or Illustrator.
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