Can I restore my device to *before* accidental sync?

To make this question more clear, I'll start at the beginning. Today, I was planning on preparing a party mix for my birthday this weekend. I was going to add some songs to my library and then plug in my iPod touch to transfer the new songs and the mix after it was ready to go. I opened iTunes on my computer (the same computer I have synced with my device several times before--but hadn't done so for quite a while prior to today). Before I even allowed the sync, I quickly noticed my iTunes library was empty! (minus the handful of new songs I had just downloaded, using my computer not my iPod touch)
I had a minor heart attack. Hoping the 500+ songs on my device hadn't *vanished* too, I looked at my device to see all of the songs still there. I have no idea why my iTunes library on my computer is empty (missing those 500+ songs) but I did get an error message when I connected my device. Sorry, I cannot recall word-for-word but it was a message stating that my device was already synced with different iTunes library. I thought ***?! because I have ONLY synced my device with THIS computer, so how can that be? I looked under Properties to see when my iTunes was last updated and it says November 16, 2011. I can't be certain but I may not have synced my iPod with my computer since before that last update. So I am wondering if it was possibly the update that wiped out my library? Not sure if this is even possible but what other possible explanations could there be?
To make matters worse, I didn't think it would hurt to transfer my iPod purchases (purchases I made on my device in iTunes app) to my computer iTunes library. BIG MISTAKE! After this, I disconnected my device and took it into the bathroom with me so I could listen to music while I showered. This is when I discovered I have now have NO MUSIC CONTENT on my device. I am kind of freaking out because I am thinking about all the time I have spent organizing my playlists and getting all of my favorite artists/songs...now I have nothing, EXCEPT for what's in my iTunes library now. I am afraid to sync my device yet because I wanted to do some digging and find out if there is any way I might possibly be able to restore my iPod to before this "accidental sync" that wiped everything off my device.
Please help! & I do apologize if this post is too lengthy. I wanted to be thorough and explain exactly what I did and what happened. Thanks : )

Do you have a backup for the device that you can restore from?
http://support.apple.com/kb/ht1766

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