Welcome to the forum. Yes it is a minefield when you first start.
First medication, what are you on? All medication, not just T2.
Diet, what do you eat in a typical day.
Do you use a meter to measure your glucose?
Most probably the dawn phenomenon, your liver is trying to be helpful and dumping to help you get going. You can ignore this, it will come down in its own sweet time.
I know this seems harsh, you have time. Ignore for now and get your thesis done. Stress can raise your levels so it's not helping. Once your thesis is in, come back and we can sort you out. My levels were higher than yours when I started.