Rachel Streiff

So we didn't pick any of these names.

The Arizona Mad Moms was, I think, the most recent.

And there's Mad Moms chapters in other states.

But the angry moms started, I want to say, 2019, 2020.

A little frustrated caregiver in Michigan couldn't get clozapine, a critical medication for her loved one.

She got upset.

They called her angry.

But she and a lot of mothers that joined us succeeded in getting FDA regulations removed surrounding access to that very important antipsychotic.

That was the start.

So then when other groups started forming to address other issues outside of clozapine and issues with policy and laws with treatment,

and access to care, they said, well, you're not the angry moms.

I guess we'll call you the mad moms.

That's the term that has really stuck.

So we're the mad moms.

And maybe there's a double entendre there.

I don't know, because it's hard to live.

It's hard to live that life.

Yeah, so once our group solidified, this was at the end of 2023, and Crystal Fox, who you interviewed, her son passed away after he hung himself on December 23rd, 2023.

That generated outrage in our community who had been fighting for Joshua to have access to care.

So we started the Arizona Mad Moms, and we got some attention from lawmakers in our state on both sides of the aisle, Republicans and Democrats.