Memory Leak in Pidgin

I am a diehard fan of Pidgin,formerly Gaim. i m using it from almost 4 years now.but in the recent version i dont know whats the problem is?when i chat simalteniously with 2-3 people it just seems to get hanged.I am not sure if i am the only one who has this problem or there are others too who faces this.
but overall i m loosing my faith on this software.heared the trillian is good alternative but i dont like its GUI.so let me know if you know any other alternative to it.