Hi Tammy, welcome to DF. Type 2 is really a collection of different symptoms the main one being we don't metabolise carbs very well. The reason can be varied. Some of us still produce insulin but our body doesn't recognise it. Some of us are insulin insufficient. Some of us have signals between hormones that get crossed. Some of us get "liver dumps" when we don't eat for a long time. In the morning a lot of us have higher bgs even though we haven't eaten in a very long time. This is called Dawn Phenomenom or DP. It is a reaction from certain stress hormones that signal liver to change stored glycogen or "carbs" into available glucose. Our insulin stores are usually at their lowest in the morning so our bgs are high. But if we eat something it gives the pancreas a kick in the butt to start producing insulin again, thus dropping bgs. The most important thing for a diabetic is to eat on a regular schedule. Glad you found us.