Sinead O'Connor: 'People were great' after plea for help

Sinead O'Connor says she feels much better after writing an alarming series of tweets in which admitted to psychiatric help, saying that "s not really ... and is in danger."

Irish singer, 45, breaking her ankle in a fall at his home in Dublin on Tuesday evening. Early Wednesday, she began posting to Twitter, saying things like, "do not know any1 psychiatrist in dublin or wicklow who could urgently ask me today?" and "and desperately need to get back on drugs today. I am in grave danger."

Contacted by telephone in Dublin later on Wednesday, O'Connor said publicly posts sought assistance received, despite the sparking round of potentially troublesome "cry for help 'celebrity-gossip stories.

"People are great, and I have a lot of numbers, emails and good," says the singer, who will release a new album next month. "I have a lot of help, and now it's all good."

The fans that gathered around him online, he says: "They f ****** absolutely amazing, I can not thank them enough And what was amazing was a lot of hospitals have established contact, and they fan.-F ****** - tastic. They said it was fantastic tweet ".

O'Connor says he is going to make a hit with the Irish press, with whom he has often combative relationship, publicly expressing his need for help. "In Ireland, you should not say you feel that way," he says. "This is stupid. I know I will get beaten for it, then, but I was really pleased that people in the hospital he wrote and said thank you very much for Twitter, because it's very important for people to reach."

O'Connor new album, titled How About I Be Me (And You Be You), is 21 February. He says that initially he was going home to call the album, but "I spent my whole life as an artist about what I should do and what should and what should not be f ******. Basically," Why not just be someone others? "I have had enough after a while.

"One night in bed, this sentence came to mind:" And if I so f ****** be me? "It's going to call it simply I Be How About Me, but I thought that was selfish and that I should express that I have nothing you only you."

She also sings Lay Your Head Down the new Glenn Close film Albert Nobbs, who recently was nominated for a Golden Globe for best original song.

When it comes to her ankle, she says: "It is very painful, but it's OK. It was very bad this morning, but they gave me painkillers. (Swelling) went down a bit, so it is not so bad now."

Following the events of the day, O'Connor sings the praises of Twitter, where she goes by the handle @ vampyahslayah.

"I love Twitter, Twitter, f ****** great," he says.

"We keep it fun most of the time can be befriend and may well be myself That's great about Twitter: .. do not know anyone, so you can really be myself, and conclude that real friends.

"If the whole world watching, I do not see why I have to protect your tweets, and not live like a normal person. The goal is to keep it as fun as possible. Only today, it was important to be yourself."