Major SSD crash

My startup SSD crashed while using FCP X. FCP X was getting slower and slower as it tried to deal with thousands of clips in a project which were the result of thousands of time code breaks. Fast forwarding and rewinding the tape got rid of a few hundred time code breaks, but about 3 thousand remained in one hour of video. Finally, FCP X froze. Force Quit didn't work, so I manually shut the machine down and restarted. Since restart, the following has happened:
1. All iTunes songs lost
     a. iTune songs can be found in Finder using 'iTunes' as a search, but the icons are empty and there is no pathway displayed across the bottom of the finder window.
2. All iPhotos lost
     a. iPhotos can be found in Finder on backup discs
3. All FCP X clips, projects, events lost
3. All Address Book contacts lost - can't find them anywhere using Finder
4. Time Machine doesn't work - the files still exist on the TM backup drive, but Time Machine will not go back in time. I can reload iTunes songs from the Time Machine backup disc manually.
5. Backup Time Machine drive mounts but does not connect with Time Machine
The lost files do not show up in iTunes folder, iPhoto folder, or FCP events folder of my main computer. iTunes songs can be found manually in the Time Machine drives and can be reloaded into iTunes, but I suspect I now have 2 copies of each song - the original copy and the backup copy. I don't want to do the same manual reload with FCP X due to large size of videos. Plus I can't find my address book contacts, so manual reload doesn't seem possible.
Safe restart didn't help.
Disk Utility verification/repair didn't help - the startup disk and RAID discs seem fine.
Repairing permissions didn't help.
Deleting .plist for my applications didn't help.
I suspect a pathways problem with my SSD startup disk.
Using Mavericks 10.9.3
2 x 2.66 GHZ 6-core Intel Xeon
24 GB 1333 DDR3
I have never read about this problem.

TRIM support was already enabled.
I bought the computer from Apple over 2 years ago, and OS software is all up to date. How do I check for firmware updates?
I don't have another startup disc. Is there a way to get a startup OS onto one of the other discs?
All my desktop files also disappeared, including all TurboTax and Quicken financial information as well as important legal files.
Also, I have lost authorization to open various applications which I paid for and downloaded, such as iskysoft video converter.
I can 'see' the folders and/or files in the Finder, but they are either listed as aliases which go nowhere or as blanked out icons which also go nowhere.
I have manually transferred copies of the lost desktop files to my desktop since Time Machine doesn't work anymore.

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