Possible Cushings Syndrome?

I know you must be getting these sort of questions a lot but I could really use some help right now, as I have seemed to have stumped doctors with my bizarre symptoms. I am a 23 year old male and I started to feel unwell about a year ago. The first strange symptom I got were stretch marks. I had some stretch marks following a growth spurt in my teens but these stretch marks simply appeared following any sort of excerisise. The bizarre thing is that I can feel them appear, it is like someone is slapping a rubber band against my skin. I have them under my armpits, on my stomach and near my groin. The ones on my groin are about 2cm in width and they are pinkish/blueish in appearance. Shortly after the appearance of stretch marks I found a lump under my ear, which I have recently found out is possibly a benign tumor in my salivary gland (the biopsy was inconclusive). I then became very fatigued, and a couple of months later I started experiencing arthritic style pains in my hands and knees, followed by chronic back pain. I mentioned Cushings to my doctor, who then told me to try and lose weight (I was 15 stone). I managed to lose about two stone, which, according to my doctor, meant that Cushings was now ruled out. I lost a lot of weight in my face, arms and legs but could not shift the fat from my stomach.

Lyme and bartonella were mentioned and I was given dioxcycline, which truly helped. I was given a month's long course and the stretch marks started to stop and I was feeling more like myself again. The moment the course ended, all the symptoms got worse again however. My doctor said it was glandular fever with reactive arthritis but the EBV virus was not found in my blood. In February this year I noticed that injuries are healing at a much slower rate, specifically on my feet, and that I am more prone to catching skin infections. I tested negative for auto-immune diseases, lyme and bartonella. Currently I am suffering from all the aforementioned symptoms but the hair on my head is falling out. I have no extreme weight gain, no buffalo hump, but do have occasional moodswings and problems concentrating. I also have pain in my glands when I drink alcohol. 

Any helpful comments would be greatly appreciated.

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