Too much of a good thing

We've spent all week at home.  Not necessarily because we've wanted to (although its beautiful where we live and we could get lost in the woods for days).  

I OD'd on elderberry.

Everything I've read says that too much elderberry can give a person loose stools (sorry for the graphic explanation), but that's not what I experienced.  I got spots.  Not just a few, but spots everywhere on my body.  I felt like a pimply teenager all over again hiding my face behind long hair and big hats.  Thank God it wasn't the middle of summer and at least I could wear long sleeves and pants.  Are you thinking, "how can she be sure it was the elderberry?".  I can't be 100% positive, but I've written down everything I've eaten in the past week, everything I've put on my body, detergents, soaps, lotions, cleaners, and have called every friend I've seen in the past 3 weeks to see if anyone else had these mystery spots.  Nothing.  The only thing different was that I took copious amounts of elderberry for the past week to try to combat the beginnings of a cold.  I took way more than the directions on the bottle told me to take.  Also, last year the same thing happened to Lucian, my son.  

Good news:  I didn't get the cold!  But I will surely follow the dosage amounts from now on!  Lesson learned.