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Sinead O’Connor hospitalized for depression by Joyce Chen

19 January 2012 594 views No Comment
Sinead O'Connor has checked herself into a treatment facility to aid in her  depression, she wrote. The Irish singer said she's going 'off radar' for a few weeks to seek help After a rocky start to 2012, Irish singer Sinead  O'Connor has finally decided to call in backup and check into a treatment  facility for her depression. "Gonna be off radar for few weeks. But will be back. Worry not," the  "Nothing Compares 2 U" singer tweeted Monday. "Im going to hospital. Treatment for depression. Not at all well," she told  her followers. "But they will put me back together quick. ...so will be  back..and smiling. Prolly 2 weeks ish." The singer, 45, got married to then-beau Barry  Herridge, 38, in a whirlwind Vegas wedding on Dec. 8, but has since split  and reunited with the drug counselor several times. "His association with me became something very bad for his life," she wrote  on her website after calling quits on the marriage for the second time earlier  this month. "And slowly since we were married I became very ill as result of  what was done to my husband and i was unable to cope. And became depressed." O'Connor reached out to her fans for help last week after she realized she  was in "danger" without medications for her psychiatric problems, though she  struggled against checking herself into a hospital. "i realise i will be in trouble 4 doing this but.. ireland is a VERY hard  place to find help in," she wrote. "So having tried other ways 1st im asking  does any1 know a psychiatrist in dublin or wicklow who could urgently see me  today please? im really un-well... and in danger." O'Connor told The Sun earlier this month that she "took an overdose" while  in Los Angeles Jan. 5, and had tried to end her life a second time after she was  hospitalized for a broken ankle just a few days later. "Now in Ireland we are also in fear of ever actually verbalizing that we  feel suicidal. this is because we will be labelled 'mad' and if you're 'mad',  people abuse you," she wrote of difficulties in seeking treatment in her  home-country "I have no desire to hide that I do (have depression). But even if I had the  desire to hide it I don't think I could. Because if I cant show it how can I  recover?" © Copyright 2012 NYDailyNews.com
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