Editing Sinéad O'Connor (section)

===Health===
In the early 2000s, O'Connor revealed that she suffered from [[fibromyalgia]]. The pain and fatigue she experienced caused her to take a break from music from 2003 to 2005.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.express.co.uk/life-style/health/1600480/sinead-o-connor-health-fibromyalgia-symptoms |title=Sinead O'Connor: Singer quit music in past due to 'difficulty' with fibromyalgia |first=Luke |last=Whelan |date=24 April 2022 |website=Express.co.uk |url-status=live |archive-date=10 June 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220610235316/https://www.express.co.uk/life-style/health/1600480/sinead-o-connor-health-fibromyalgia-symptoms}}</ref>

On an episode of ''[[The Oprah Winfrey Show]]'' broadcast on 4&nbsp;October 2007, O'Connor disclosed that she had attempted suicide on her 33rd birthday, 8&nbsp;December 1999, and that she had since been diagnosed with [[bipolar disorder]].<ref name="Toronto">{{Cite news|last=Rayner |first=Ben |url=https://www.thestar.com/entertainment/article/268921 |title=The gospel according to Sinead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121024003421/http://www.thestar.com/entertainment/article/268921 |archive-date=24 October 2012 |url-status=dead |newspaper=[[Toronto Star]] |date=21 October 2007}}</ref>

In August 2015, she announced that she was to undergo a [[hysterectomy]] after suffering gynaecological problems for over three years.<ref>{{cite news| url=http://www.evoke.ie/showbiz/sinead-oconnor-message-to-grandkids-posted-on-facebook/| work=evoke.ie| title=Sinéad O'Connor's touching words for her grandkids ahead of hysterectomy| date=26 August 2015| access-date=27 August 2015| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924040417/http://www.evoke.ie/showbiz/sinead-oconnor-message-to-grandkids-posted-on-facebook/| archive-date=24 September 2015| url-status=dead| df=dmy-all}}</ref> She later blamed the hospital's refusal to administer [[hormone replacement therapy]] after the operation as the main reason for her mental health issues in subsequent years, stating "I was flung into surgical menopause. Hormones were everywhere. I became very suicidal. I was a basket case."<ref>{{cite web|last1=Deerwester|first1=Jayme|title=Sinéad O'Connor tells Dr. Phil her problems stemmed from being 'flung into menopause'|url=https://eu.usatoday.com/story/life/tv/2017/09/12/sinead-oconnor-tells-dr-phil-her-problems-stemmed-being-flung-into-menopause/659140001/|website=USA Today|date=12 September 2017|access-date=16 September 2017|archive-date=6 June 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210606090206/https://eu.usatoday.com/story/life/tv/2017/09/12/sinead-oconnor-tells-dr-phil-her-problems-stemmed-being-flung-into-menopause/659140001/|url-status=live}}</ref>

A [[cannabis (drug)|cannabis]] smoker for 30 years, O'Connor went to a rehabilitation centre in 2016, to end her addiction.<ref>{{Cite magazine |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/pop/sinead-oconnor-completes-30-day-rehab-stint-for-pot-addiction-7556690/ |title=Sinead O'Connor Completes 30-Day Rehab Stint For Pot Addiction, Moving Into Sober Living Facility |last=Kaufman |first=Gil |date=25 October 2016 |magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]] |access-date=21 November 2019 |archive-date=17 October 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221017115320/https://www.billboard.com/music/pop/sinead-oconnor-completes-30-day-rehab-stint-for-pot-addiction-7556690/ |url-status=live}}</ref> She stated in February 2020 that she was [[agoraphobic]].<ref>{{cite web|last=Beresford |first=Jack |title=Sinead O'Connor she wouldn't be alive today if she hadn't publicly reached out for help|url=https://www.irishpost.com/news/sinead-oconnor-wouldnt-alive-today-hadnt-publicly-reached-help-178650 |date=3 February 2020 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200924211818/https://www.irishpost.com/news/sinead-oconnor-wouldnt-alive-today-hadnt-publicly-reached-help-178650 |archive-date=24 September 2020|access-date=8 September 2020|work=The Irish Post}}</ref> She had also previously been diagnosed with [[complex post-traumatic stress disorder]] and [[borderline personality disorder]].<ref>{{Cite web|last=Vivinetto |first=Gina |url=https://www.nbcphiladelphia.com/entertainment/entertainment-news/sinead-oconnor-talks-infamous-snl-performance-and-being-called-crazy/2820955/|title = Sinead O'Connor Talks Infamous 'SNL' Performance and Being Called 'Crazy' |date= 20 May 2021|website = NBC Philadelphia |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210520095306/https://www.nbcphiladelphia.com/entertainment/entertainment-news/sinead-oconnor-talks-infamous-snl-performance-and-being-called-crazy/2820955/ |archive-date=20 May 2021 |url-status=live}}</ref>

In August 2017, O'Connor posted a 12-minute video on her [[Facebook]] page in which she stated that she had felt alone since losing custody of her 13-year-old son, Shane, and that for the previous two years she had wanted to kill herself, with only her doctor and psychiatrist "keeping her alive".<ref name="DT_170808">{{cite news|title=Sinead O'Connor sparks fears for her mental health after posting tearful video online|newspaper=The Telegraph|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2017/08/08/sinead-oconnor-sparks-fears-mental-health-posting-tearful-video/|date=8 August 2017|archive-date=28 March 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190328081100/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2017/08/08/sinead-oconnor-sparks-fears-mental-health-posting-tearful-video/|url-status=live}}</ref> The month after her Facebook post, O'Connor appeared on the 16th-season debut episode of American television talk show ''[[Dr. Phil (talk show)|Dr. Phil]]''.<ref>{{cite web|last=Fernandez |first=Matt |title=Sinead O'Connor on 'Dr. Phil': 'I'm Very Excited to Be Getting Some Proper Help'|url=https://variety.com/2017/tv/news/sinead-oconnor-dr-phil-interview-video-1202555641/|website=Variety|date=12 September 2017|access-date=19 December 2017|archive-date=16 December 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171216172523/http://variety.com/2017/tv/news/sinead-oconnor-dr-phil-interview-video-1202555641/|url-status=live}}</ref> According to the show's host, [[Phil McGraw]], O'Connor wanted to do the interview because she wished to "destigmatise mental illness", noting the prevalence of mental health problems among musicians.<ref>{{cite web|last1=France|first1=Lisa Respers|title=Sinead O'Connor sits down with 'Dr. Phil'|date=8 September 2017|url=https://edition.cnn.com/2017/09/08/entertainment/sinead-oconnor-dr-phil/index.html|work=CNN|access-date=16 September 2017|archive-date=20 September 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170920142801/https://edition.cnn.com/2017/09/08/entertainment/sinead-oconnor-dr-phil/index.html|url-status=live}}</ref> In 2021, O'Connor commented that she had spent much of the last six years in [[St Patrick's University Hospital]] in Dublin, and that she was grateful to them for helping her stay alive.<ref name="Hatterstone_StP">{{Cite news |last=Hattenstone |first=Simon |date=27 July 2023 |title=Sinead O'Connor: the angelic skinhead for whom love, intelligence and madness were inseparable |language=en-GB |work=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2023/jul/27/sinead-oconnor-mental-health-struggles-parental-abuse |access-date=3 August 2023 |quote=She was so grateful to the psychiatric hospital St Patrick's, which she called her second home. 'Thank God I spent a lot of the last six years there, because otherwise I wouldn't be alive.' |issn=0261-3077 |author-link=Simon Hattenstone |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230811082739/https://www.theguardian.com/music/2023/jul/27/sinead-oconnor-mental-health-struggles-parental-abuse |archive-date=11 August 2023}}</ref>