[naynay]

andrea69au, honey you have to take care of yourself! Your sugar is so out of control I'm afraid for you! Also, the stress of packing and moving alone can send your bg's through the roof. Not eating by the way makes your blood sugar even higher. I know that sounds stupid, but your liver will keep dumping glucose because it will think you are in starvation mode and kick out glucogen for energy. Eating just a piece of toast for breakfast to take your insulin is absolutely the wrong thing to eat! If you are going to eat that toast, please use a low carb bread and add peanut butter, or cream cheese, or make a ham and cheese omelet, or eat lunch meat and cheese, something better for you than just a piece of toast. That piece of toast is turning into pure sugar in your system. Atkins may be a great choice for you at this point to help kick start a lifestyle of low carb/high fat diet. Trust everyone here who has adopted that lifestyle and had great success in gaining control of their diabetes. I know you must take care of business right now, but you are really putting yourself in a dangerous way. Those kids who have disabilities need their Mom, so you must make yourself a priority right now as well.
Please keep us posted, and good luck with your move. The headaches could be what others here have called "Atkins flu" and it is your body going through withdrawal from carbs. If not, do you perhaps grind your teeth at night? I didn't think I did that and suffered for 3 months with not being able to lift my head from pain that was so bad. I finally went to a ENT because I thought it was connected to sinus and allergies. He asked if I ground my teeth and said I was not aware of it or not (how are you supposed to know this? I'm sleeping when I do it), and my husband had never said anything to me about it. Turns out I was grinding really bad and got a mouthguard to wear while I sleep. It stopped that head pain immediately. Might be worth looking into.
Again, good luck...and PLEASE take care of yourself!

 

[naynay]

Wow sweetie! You sure do have some problems and stress going on. But, if you don't get this all under control you are not going to be around to help those kids of yours. I hope your older daughter is getting the help she needs for depression. I know it is scary. I have a 19-1/2 y/o daughter who I found out at one time was seriously contemplating suicide. She had gone as far as planning out how she would do it. That just makes me want to cry to even think about it. Tell your daughter that no matter what she is feeling, there is always someone willing to talk to her either online, the telephone, text, whatever. Keep your eye on that one. I work for a psychologist and one of his teen patients took his life several months ago. I was so upset you would have thought it was my child. I feel so badly for teens today; they have so much stress and pressure to deal with in this day and age. They are forced to be adults when their minds cannot process like a full adult yet. As far as the daughter who is pregnant, perhaps you would be better sending her away to a family member or friend who lives far away? She needs to be out of this idiots sight. Is she planning on keeping the baby after it is born? Again, difficult situation. You just need to really get yourself settled and just try to keep yourself calm and take time out everyday to meditate and allow your body to calm itself. I deal with alot of stress everyday as well (perhaps not as much as you since you have so much going on with your kids) and I know how the stress can affect your blood sugar. Isn't it just amazing that we can change our diets and lifestyle, but we just cannot control the outside factors that affect us. It just goes to show it's always something right? You take care and know that all of us here on the diabetes forum truly cares about you and your health. I know how lonely it can be when you have to deal with so much alone. I'm always here should you need a shoulder to cry on. I will even give you my email address if you want to send a private message. I really do care and your story has truly touched my heart. I will pray (I don't know what your religious beliefs are, but I have great faith in the Almighty God above) and ask Him to help lessen your burdens and send His healing power to you. Take care, and know everyone here will always give you that boost of encouragement you might need on any given day. :hug: