The non-email address apple Id I have had for years, now won't work.

I have had an Apple ID for a long time and it has always worked on every Apple device I have until recently. This Apple ID was noot my email address just a random nickname. I just recently downloaded the latest software update and about the same time my password for my old Apple ID stopped working at once for all of my gadgets as if it never existed. When I tried to update my apps a box appears that says "You can't update this software since you have not owned the major version of this software" I tried to use the feature "Forgot my password" to which I was redirected by ITunes but it asked for my date of birth for the purpose of verification and even though I answered it correclty 2-3 times, it told me that it was not the correct one.
Then I tried to log in using my account primary email, restoring the pasword for that email and then it worked fine. Now I can log in using that email address as my Apple ID but it seems like my old Apple ID, that I have purchased everything, is lost in limbo. The old password and new password for my non-email address Apple ID doesnt work, and when I request for an Email Authentication to be sent to my email for the old Apple ID, no email arrives.
Since I have all of my information attached to my old Apple ID, and I cant log in, I can't update anything and its telling me I have to re-buy everyting.
Any ideas why this is happening and how I can get my old apple ID to work again?

Did you previously use MobileMe with that ID? If so, did you correctly migrate from MM to iCloud at mobileme.com?

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