ITunes has stopped syncing my music

A day ago, I discovered that my ipod touch 5th gen had only some of my recently purcahsed content on it even though I have instructed iTunes to sync most of my iTunes Library (and it has been this way for months). I  went back to iTunes to verify the settings hadn't changed and they were as I left them. For some reason iTunes or the iPod has deleted many of my playlists, albums, etc. iTunes shows my ipod as almost but not full. I tried syncing again and now iTunes shows all the space from the deleted music and recordings. So, in summary even though my settings in iTunes are correct, iTunes is not syncing my music and has infact deleted it from my ipod. What gives? ANy help would be appreciated

It sounds like you previously synced to another iTunes library or computer. If you do so the contents on the iPod are replaced with what is in the liTunes library of the computer.
To make this you syncing computer see:
Syncing to a "New" Computer or replacing a "crashed" Hard Drive: Apple Support Communities
Also, if other devices or computers are using the same Apple ID, items purchased on another device and computer will automatically download on your iPod id Automatic Downloads are turned on in Settings>iTunes and App stores.

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