Remedy Find - If you want anecdotal evidence, here it is. People tell their stories about meds and rate how the meds worked for them. You get it all here: the good, the bad, the ugly and the indifferent. Plus there are links to studies about each med. Sign up for the newsletters, they're worth it.

Summary of Psychotropic Medications - Hey, this looks a lot like the old Poppin' Zits! Consumers' Guide to Psychiatric Medications.  Except it's better written.  And the format is nicer.  Oh, and the author has actual credentials.  OK, so the credentials are a Ph.D. in physics, but that's far beyond being a high school drop-out like I am. The site is currently weighed toward antidepressants, but anticonvulsants are being added.  Lots of great translations of psychiatric and psychopharmacological terms and information about meds available only outside of the US.  When I expand the section on MAOIs, I'll be mining this site for data on the reversible and type-B MAOIs for sure.  Really, folks, if you need some quality information on old-school meds like MAOIs or TCAs, which still have a lot of valid applications today, head over to Nom de Plum's site for now.

If you need help paying for your meds, Needy Meds has all the information on free and subsidized programs from the pharmaceutical companies. We're just the crazy people, they're the saints.

What Meds? - OK all you parents, if you want to know about your children's psychiatric issues, this is the site to begin with.  The information presented is fairly mainstream, but at least they do lay it on the line about meds and disorders.  They have lots of good links, and information about camps and schools.  Plus a forum where you can discuss things with other parents.  It's not like I'm anti-kid, I'm a parent myself, or I'm trying to pawn you off on someone else without caring.  I'm just fairly clueless when it comes to giving kids medications.

e-epilepsy  Bonnie (Mandakay on Crazy Talk) pointed my to this incredible site about European anticonvulsants.  Put together by the UK's National Society for Epilepsy and sponsored by Sanofi-Synthelabo, this site is a treasure trove of hard data on anticonvulsants, especially anticonvulsants available only outside of the US.  Once I get back to researching anticonvulsants, I'll be living on this site.  Thanks again, Bonnie!  They also have a link for the lay consumer, so don't worry about getting lost in all the neuropharmacological mumbo-jumbo.

Peter Lehmann's Information about Psychiatric Drugs - List of key links to other sites about medications.  From heavy-duty research (PubMed and a handy table of CYP450 interactions broken down by interaction type and odds of you're being a poor metabolizer) to huge summaries of anecdotal evidence.  What's really handy for the international user (and researcher) is Peter's own table of generic and world-wide brand names.  Peter has also written a book exclusively about the process of discontinuing psychiatric meds.  Available in German and now in English.  The information on his site is in English, Deutsch, Français  and Italiano.  His site has some of the better disclaimers I've seen.

Pill Identification Sites - Want to know what those pills are you found in an old pill organizer?  These are the sites for you.

PsychopharmINFO - Dr. Steven Davis' site about meds.  It has an OCD slant to it, so you'll find that SSRIs and similar meds have the most information.  There's news, studies and PI sheets.

Drugs.com - This site may be as slow as molasses (and if that isn't the pot calling the kettle black, I don't know what is), but it is worth the wait if you want just a little more than the basic information on meds.  For any given med you've got your PI sheets, your "basic consumer information" (i.e. the "shut up, be a good boy/girl and take your pills" sheets many HMOs give out in place of PI sheets), and more importantly your "advanced consumer information" (Vastly more useful.  More like the British patient information sheets, and what I'm seeing more and more on various health sites for meds.).  If you want to get anything useful about a med that's the pharmaceutical / health industry party line, get an advanced consumer information sheet. Plus they have a very useful drug identification page, news about meds and a forum for people who can't deal with the sort of naughty language used here.

RX List - Drug Monographs in handy HTML format instead of annoying PDF format. Plus many terms are linked to online explanations. I might start linking to their pages for the HTML versions of the monographs as well.  Anyway, if you're one of those people who don't like the salty language here, or object to the fact that I recommend starting at lower dosages when possible to let your body acclimate to a med; thus helping to avoid the nastier side effects, then RX List is the site for you.  It's the straight Pharmaceutical Company line.

The Good Drug Guide  Sometimes I look at this site and I think, "Yeah, that's what it's all about."  And other times I think, "Are they on crack or something?"  But I suppose that's the exact same reaction Crazy Meds engenders. 

Benzodiazepine Addiction, Withdrawal & Recovery  Although benzodiazepines can be used safely by most people, they can also be abused.  And for some people who don't abuse them they are the wrong meds in any case because they can be potently addictive and the discontinuation turns out to be a nightmare.  Or your doctor hits you with an overly aggressive discontinuation schedule.  There are lots of ways you can have problems with these otherwise useful and helpful meds.  Professor Ashton has put together an excellent site on how to deal with the problems of benzodiazepine and tranquilizer discontinuation regardless of the reasons.  Of course any site that self-identifies as "withdrawal and recovery" is going to be rabidly against the med from which they are withdrawing and recovering.  A petition to ban benzos all together?  Please.  However if you or someone you know has problems with benzodiazepine addiction or discontinuation problems, the fixed information on this site is quite valuable.