You need to see a professional, I agree. If you are suicidal, definitely go to the ER. IDK, I was able to get in quickly to see a psychiatrist by reporting not sleeping several days and taking lots of psych meds (prescribed by my university health system) at once, not to kill myself, but in order to fall asleep. But, I'm in the U.S. At the time, I had no medical insurance, and there is a low-cost/free system in certain counties of Texas (not the best system out there, but something), that I could go to versus the ER. It worked much better in Brazos county than Harris County when I moved to Houston. At least, it was something and they did get me into a crisis center in Bryan, TX that was decent but the psych hospital in Houston was a nightmare. Still, it was something. They gave me a diagnosis, some parts right, some parts not (diagnosed with major depression instead of bipolar but they correctly diagnosed panic disorder, eating disorder-that one was obvious tho by my weight at the time, PTSD). Once I got decent insurance, I got on a psych waiting list with a highly rated pdoc (I was pregnant so the OB limited psych meds during my pregnancy and it was OK to be on a waiting list because of the pregnancy).

Anyway, you do what you've got to do. If the only resource you have is the ER, then by all means, use it. I did have my primary care doc prescribe some psych meds between insurances when my husband's job changed and my pdoc didn't take the new insurance. So some family docs (at least in my area) will prescribe psych meds (especially if you are an existing patient and are waiting on a psych appt.), but it depends. If you can't get an appt. for months, I'd go to the ER if that's your only option. I am not a professional, but it doesn't sound like you can wait months to see a doctor.

I have also found it easier to get in to see pdocs if you are seeing a therapist first. At least in the U.S., I think some therapists (who are much easier & faster to get appts. with) are able to pull strings to get clients who need the pdoc in to see a pdoc much faster.

SSRIs can trigger manic episodes in some bipolar people. They do for me. My old pdoc (she just retired so I'm just adjusting to a new pdoc) only prescribed them brief periods of 3 months or less if I was in a depressive epsiode and nothing else was helping.