# Puberty peak takes full TDD to bring down

**URL:** https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/puberty-peak-takes-full-tdd-to-bring-down/2859
**Category:** T1 Teen/College
**Created:** [December 14, 2017, 4:07pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/puberty-peak-takes-full-tdd-to-bring-down/2859 "2017-12-14T16:07:29Z")
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### Author: ![Michel](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forum.fudiabetes.org/michel/32/387_2.png) [@Michel](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/Michel)
#### Post date: [December 18, 2017, 3:48am UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/puberty-peak-takes-full-tdd-to-bring-down/2859/42 "2017-12-18T03:48:59Z")

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> [@Chris](#):
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> We still rotate between growth periods where there isn’t enough insulin in the cartridge, and periods (up to a week) where we use less than half the insulin from the prior week and our son runs low most of the time.

Gosh, it’s really good to know that, and I am sorry that you have to go through this!

From the thread and the PMs I got, it appears that our situation is common to teens, but that long-time PWDs have a hard time believing that 🙂

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