So I will start with saying that I am a high risk for type 2 diabetes. It runs in my family on both sides. I am 21, and have been overweight all of my life (just under the obese break off). I am moderately active. My diet, well, for a few months I eat extremely healthy and then I eat extremely unhealthy (like the dieting roller coaster); my weight goes up and down by 20 pounds about 2 or 3 times a year.
Anyways, on to what I am worried about.
I noticed that if I eat lunch at 11AM and haven't eaten anything again till like 9 PM that my body starts acting funny. I feel really kind of sick ("achy"), have a headache (which makes me feel slightly lightheaded, but it may just be a headache... because no dizziness or anything), I am also cranky during this time.
When I start to feel these symptoms, if I eat something, I will feel better within minutes. (That's why I think it is a blood-sugar problem)
I figured this was a change in blood sugar, is it normal for blood sugar to fluctuate enough to cause these symptoms? Or am I in stages of pre-diabetes or diabetes? My mom says that now that I have experienced this, "it is a question of how long till I get diabetes, not if I will get diabetes."
Are these the symptoms you guys experienced pre-diagnosis?
Thanks