Question about iodine making: might have accidentally stinted on potassium iodide

I just made another bottle of Lugol's 5% (approximately). 100gm potassium Iodide plus 50gm Iodine crystals to 34 oz water (to make 1 liter).

When I added the potassium iodide, the water started flowing out of the brown quart bottle. I ended up having to siphon off about one or two oz of potassium iodide.

I still put in about 50gm of the Iodine crystals, and now the solution tastes a little too harsh.

Is it ok to take? I am assuming the ratio of Iodine crystals to potassium Iodide may be slightly too high.

Should I add in some potassium iodide? I am under the impression that the potassium Iodide must be added first, so can't do here?

I was using 34 oz because someone said that's the amount I needed to make the correct percentage. However, in the future, I will only use 32 oz. That is all Boston Brown bottle can hold with the addition of the Potassium Iodide and iodine crystals.

Thanks in advance.
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