Yikes. Is RESTORING my iPhone the best fix for my loss of contacts after downloading IOS6?

Hello All,
I downloaded IOS6 onto my iPhone (I think it's a 4 or 4S) and shortly thereafter noticed that all my contacts are GONE. This seems to be a common issue as I'm seeing it repeatedly in the threads. The downside is, I don't remember ever doing a backup (it's possible I did, and just don't remember, but it's also just as possible [and more likely] that I haven't). So, I'm now backing up my iPhone onto iTunes and am contemplating a RESTORE. Might this help? Or is it a useless endeavor which may cause more problems?
By the way, I went to iCloud.com and looked at which contacts are there and they're not there either, so not an option to try to pull them back over.
This kinda *****!

The deal with syncing contacts is that you either do so through iTunes, with a supported application on your computer, or over-the-air with something like iCloud. You don't do both at the same time. Doing so will create duplicates & a mess. As to whether one is better than the other, that's up to you. Over-the-air keeps everything in sync across all your devices, automatically, but relies on the stability of the iCloud servers. With your computer, requires that you regularly sync, to keep stuff updated, and that you maintain a current backup.

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