[MTmama]

I think I'm in trouble. I have a family history of type 2 diabetes. I'm Native American. I'm morbidly obese. I had gestational diabetes that required insulin with my last pregnancy. Lately, I've been thirsty, peeing a lot, sweaty, waking up panicky and feeling anxious and sweaty, nauseated. Today I went to Wal-Mart and when I was walking around, I felt really hungry because I hadn't eaten in a few hours and then started feeling jittery, shaky, sweaty, like my blood sugar was wayyyyy low. I thought I was going to pass out. I bought a Snickers and ate it in my car before pulling out of the parking lot. By the time I got to the first stop light, I felt fine. Now I have a headache. I get skin candida (yeast) infections and have had a tooth infection that will not go away. I'm on my fourth round of antibiotics for it. Right now I have no health insurance so it's hard for me to go to the doctor but I'm really worried I'm diabetic. I've also been drop-dead tired all the time with no energy or motivation and while it's easy to chalk that up to depression, sometimes I wonder if part of it is glucose related too.

Can anyone shed light on diabetes symptoms or let me know what this sounds like? I know nobody is a doctor (that we know of) around here but I just wanted some input if anyone has it.