Cannot change iCloud details

About 2 months ago I changed my Apple ID from a gmail address to my own personal email.
Everything on my device and Apple website has since updated with one exception - iCloud.
This is still listed on my device as my old gmail account. When I click settings->iCloud, it displays my old email address. When I click delete account at the bottom, it prompts me to input my password for my gmail ID. However, as this is no longer a valid Apple ID it is failing every time.
When I try to add a new account using my new email address in the mail, calendar etc section, it says "[email protected]" is already added. This icloud account has already been added to your iPhone. This is in spite of the fact that the email address I just answered is a .me tld and has nothing to do with gmail.
Any ideas on how to fix this?
Thanks.
BTW using iPhone 5 with ios7.

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