Apple ID email address already in use

Whenver I try to make an Apple ID account with my main email (Hotmail), it always says that the email address is already in use. I am currently using my Gmail address as my Apple ID. I've tried recovering my Apple ID through security questions but it always says the birthdate that I entered is incorrect. When I try to send a recovery email I never receive one. When I try to find my Apple ID, no results show up. The only time I remember using my email to sign up for something associated with Apple was when I was setting up my MacBook. It asked if I wanted to receive newsletters, notifications etc from Apple and I entered my Hotmail email for it. Don't know if that's the problem.

The Apple Support Communities are an international user to user technical support forum. As a man from Mexico, Spanish is my native tongue. I do not speak English very well, however, I do write in English with the aid of the Mac OS X spelling and grammar checks. I also live in a culture perhaps very very different from your own. When offering advice in the ASC, my comments are not meant to be anything more than helpful and certainly not to be taken as insults.
Is the email address being used in the account of another Apple ID that you have?

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