Neurological Disorders Forum - Self-diagnosed (as An Adult) Tourette Sufferer

All through my childhood I had a variety of tics, both motor and vocal.
It was never diagnosed or pursued, as my older brother had learning disabilities and acted out in school. He was always in disciplinary trouble, and was going to multiple child psychologists at the time.
I'm now 45 years old. At that time, very little was understood about either learning disabilities (my brother) or ts (myself).
I learned to control the tics as much as possible. However in times of stress, I would find myself completely overwhelmed by the tics.
Later in life, I developed chronic back and neck pain. I very belatedly came to several conclusions about myself.
One was that "they" only recently recognized that there are milder forms of ts. Not just the version portrayed in the movies and tv, where the sufferer is cursing uncontrolably in addition to the tics. I only ever had motor tics such as blinking and head jerking. My vocal tics were merely easily hidden grunts. Otherwise, my life was pretty normal.
I began to realize that I have a somewhat lesser version of ts.
Also, my orthopaedic doctor was amazed that one side of my neck was highly arthritic and damaged, whereas the other side was essentially normal. I belatedly realized that this was the long term damage of the head jerking of my youth. I thought it was important to mention this, as it shows that tics are not necessarily harmless inconveniences. I am truly suffering now from the long term effects.
I went last year to a neurologist with my suspicions and findings. Of course she cautiously ruled out all other neurological possibilities first.
She then placed me on haldol. This effectively stopped the tcs, and showed me there was hope. However with time I developed a sensitivity and dyskenesia began. This was a frightening condition in which my feet in particular began to move randomly. I also developed abulia, which is basically the feeling that you are becoming stupid, but don't know quite why... Sort of a mental fog that you can just barely feel creeping in. This was worse than the tics because I felt as if I had truly lost motor control over my own body, and felt as if my iq had suddenly dropped several points.
I had to "detox" for a couple of weeks, then she put me on orap. This has been very effective for a longer period of time. However I am finding that I feel restless, which I can live with. But worse is that my speech is becoming slurred. I see the doctor in a week. Meanwhile I didn't take my morning dose of orap. I wanted to see if my speech improved. So far, only mild improvement. However, I can feel the tics sort of creeping in and 'trying' to come out. One missed dosage and I already feel a struggle for control. However I know that the doctor will invariably tell me to stop the medication and detox once again before starting me on something new.

My question for anybody out there... Is there another medication that you found to be effective?

Obviously this condition can be controlled through medication. However the side effects can become difficult, if not intolerable to live with. At least that's been my experience thus far.
Any shared experiences would be appreciated.