Hi @peter25
Hello and welcome sorry you have had a reason to join us.
I guess if you have “lurked for quite a while” you did that before registering an ID? You’ll find that there is a lot on this site about every aspect of post-stroke life.
You could do the survey at Did ANYONE have classic FAST symptoms as it sounds as though you’re another of us that had none of the symptoms in the advert 
You say you’ll never drive again perhaps you have no aspiration There are scanning techniques that can compensate and some folk report recovery of peripheral vision over time. The contract for testing from the DVLA is held by Specsavers. I would look up the stipulations if you are interested because there are limits on how many times you can be tested per application
Impact on emotions and confidence, anxiety etc are common. Sometimes SSRIs or SSNIs are prescribed - maybe something to discuss with your GP.
Caio
Simon