Center For Discovery Cypress

DONT GO HERE IF YOU ARE DIABETICI am a type 1 diabetic and was sent here from NJ because they can treat diabetes they have refused to give me insulin until I was in the 400s and refused to allow my mother to give me insulin. I was sent to the hospital with only 1 pair of pajamas and 1 outfit and am currently in a hotel not knowing what to do. The doctor refuses to listen to my endocrinologist team and to talk to my mother. This has been a huge stress for me and my loved ones, PLEASE don t go here if you are a diabetic. The staff there are amazing though they re doing all they can and truly care.

i do not reccomend this place for people struggling with bullemia/ binging issues. This was my issue as i would always eat way too much and struggled to get out of this habbit. I just wanted a normal relationship with food, However this place i noticed was mostly directed towards people with anorexia. When i was admitted i wasnt even underweight. I was about 120 lbs standing at 5'4. gaining weight was never my issue. Eating proper portions of food and keeping it down was my issue. They never listened to me though. Their portions are ridiculous for someone trying to eat more healthy and balanced meals. I also informed them I have been diagnosed with pcos so it is very easy for me to put on weight. Still though they didnt listen and i was eating the same portions as the anorexic girls. I put on about 20 pounds in the span of 3 weeks. I signed myself out since this program wasnt doing anything for me. Id say if you struggle with anorexia give it a shot. But if you struggle with mainly bullemia I would look elsewhere.side note: if you are an adult just fyi you would be sharing a unit with minors as young as 14. Just kinda found that weird and it wasnt mentioned to me upon admission.

It s a punitive based approach where they restrict contact with family and friends. There is no onsite doctor, it is mostly virtual doctor visits. The virtual doctor is an asshat, the junior staff is woefully inadequate. They ask you to adhere to their rules, but then they break them. Communication with staff was minimal and seemed to be a fear based approach to convey that they are your only option. They schedule virtual doctor visits during family visitation and don t explain much of anything. My daughter said she was warehoused and forced to eat, but they refused to give her an alternative for whole milk when she is violently lactose intolerant. We removed her and got her into a family based therapy with real professionals, and my daughter is thriving. CFD is an insurance money grab, while doing the bare minimum in my opinion. They always recommend residential placement and keep you there for weeks longer than originally told. After one virtual meeting with the doctor we pulled our daughter. He is very much in love with himself, and very much a nincompoop. The case manager from Dell Children s Hospital informed us that Center for Discovery has a history of calling CPS (Child Protective Services) on parents that pull their children out early. So CYA, these are not your family s saviors. Poorly trained and understaffed pack of nitwits, that have no business supervising anyone for anything. The only thing we discovered there, was a sham. Punitive rehabilitation methods are archaic and insufficient for something as serious as an eating disorder. They want you to believe that you can t do this without help, and that may be true, but that doesn t mean you need their help. There are options and there are better alternatives to Center for Discovery.