Is it okay to say had had?

Yes, “had had” is grammatically correct when used in past perfect tense constructions to describe an action that occurred before another action in the past.

For example, in the sentence “She realized she had had too much candy when she started getting a sugar rush,” the first “had” is an auxiliary verb, and the second “had” is the main verb in its past participle form.

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