ITunes has lost music playlists

I opened up iTunes and all of my playlists were gone. In fact there was no music anywhere. So I redowloaded what I could and the purchased music is okay, but im still short about 600 songs and I dont know which ones. Is there a way to go back to the original or to just even find out which ones Im missing besides going throw the iPod and narrowing everything down? And is there a way to not re-create every playlist that I had before? Any help would be appreciated. Thanks!!!

Hello sk8rmom4ever
Check to see if, in iTunes Preferences, Show iTunes in the Cloud Purchases is check to show your purchases. If you recently updated iTunes, you may need to revert to a previous version of your iTunes Library.
Downloading past purchases from the iTunes Store, App Store, and iBooks Store
http://support.apple.com/kb/ht2519
No content shows up in iTunes after updating
http://support.apple.com/kb/TS1967
Regards,
-Norm G.

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