Where are my playlist?

About a month ago, I hooked up my iPad to my MacBook Pro to sync. As expected, iTunes recognized there was things on the iPad that were not in my iTunes, and asked me if I wanted to import them. I clicked yes, but, instead of just importing files from my iPad into iTunes, it removed EVERYTHING I already had in iTunes, and replaced it only with what I had on my iPad.
I was able to most of it back, but I notice my playlists are "missing". I say "missing" because they no longer appear under "Playlists" but, if I select a song or album, and want to either create a new playlist for it, or add it to a newer one I already created, I notice all my "missing" playlists are there.
Any way I can get them back?
Thanks!

Correct, not all of my playlists are under the Playlist tab in iTunes. However, say if I go under Artist or Song, and decide to move a song into a playlist, I'll highlight the song, right click, select "Add To Playlist", and it will show all my old playlist, listed under my iPod Touch.

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