How to change apple id using the same email address

I've had the same apple id for many years, lets just say billybob.  With that it's associated with my email address say [email protected]  When I upgraded to IoS 5 and tried to use iCloud, it says that my appleid must be in the form of an email address.  So I went in to the apple id website to change my apple id to [email protected] and it says I can't because it's already associated with another account (my own).  Is there any way around this?  I'd prefer not to have to create some phantom email address that is only applicable to iCloud.

Please follow the commands in http://support.apple.com/kb/HE40. I would recommend logging out of your AppleID on all devices then make the change on one device and then re-login on all the other devices.

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