IPhone 5 will not sync with iTunes 11

I've never had issues with backing up or syncing my iPhone 5 (running iOS 7) until I upgraded to iTunes 11.1.5 last week. Now, I can not get my iPhone to sync at all. When connected to my computer either via Wi-Fi or USB cable, the sync button is grayed out on the device menu and the data bar that shows you how much space you have and what that space is being taken up by displays incorrect information.
Changing my media settings such as which playlists or photo albums are syncing temporarily makes the data bar display the proper information, but clicking "Apply" does nothing and returns me to the previous state of a grayed out sync button and incorrect data information.
I have restarted iTunes and my iPhone numerous times, done a hard reset on my iPhone three times, and deleted my iTunes XML file but none of these solved the issue. Some googling revealed that it might be a library authorization ordeal, so I de-authorized and reauthorized all my computers and devices but that didn't work either. Restrictions are turned completely off on the device.
Every once in a while I'll connect my iPhone and the sync button will be available, but after clicking it iTunes gets stuck on "Accessing Store" and sits there for an eternity before finally giving me an error saying "iTunes can't sync iPhone because the sync session won't start".
This is by far the most frustrating error I've ever had in the Apple ecosystem and not being able to access any of my media is absolutely horrendous. This is the type of thing that drives people to Android. I've had iPhones since the very first one, and if this continues, I'll be one of those hopping off the Apple train very soon.
Does anyone have any ideas how to fix this? I am running the most updated software on my iPhone and iTunes, however I am not running Mavericks. Still on 10.8.5 -- might that be causing the issue? If so, why does my iPad have absolutely no problems syncing? That part is interesting -- makes me think that it's a problem with my iPhone and not necessarily iTunes.

Same problem. Now I have use Itunes alternative. Problem never with either IOS or Itunes

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