Debi
sorry to read that you are stressed. As the mother of a daughter[now 30 and safely married], I can empathise with your worry.
Yes Stress CAN put your BG up. In addition, if you don't eat breakfast, your liver will tend to generate some glucose for your blood.[ this happens in non-diabetics too]It's called Dawn Phenomenonand it's rather unpredictable. It's possibly designed to enable you to get up and go hunting after a nighttime fast. They say "Breakfast is the most important meal of the day" and it certainly is.
Hana