Dear Mel
Sorry to learn of the stroke that bit you, but welcome to the forum.
The headline is "what help should I be having". I suggest you need to consider what you need as opposed to what you will be given.
Can i suggest a few things to do right now. First, make sure you have a copy of the letter from the hospital to your GP. If you dont have it then get the GP staff (no need for nurses or doctors appointments) to provide you with a copy. Second, start a stroke diary noting what the day has been like. I keep a written diary (the online version wasnt available in 2015) and it helps a lot. Thirdly, consider what your life is like now and how you want your life to be in a few months. Split that in to goals that you want to achieve, then split the goals in to signpots, being steps towards each goal.
Next, keep all parts of your body moving. Just a bit of movement. Include the bits that have not been affected as well as the bits that are affected. In rough terms, keep your left side working equally with the right side.
Next, listen to what your brain is doing to you. When you get that awful fatigue, technically "post stroke tiredness", do not fight it. Rest. Give your brain plenty of water. It will be bubbling away to get around the damage and get hot, so it needs liquid. Your brain doesnt actually feel pain so it cant ask for water.
Try your best to establish a good night time sleep pattern. This should be independent from the naps you need to deal with the fatigue.
Find any local help groups. the stroke association might be a good starting point. Your GP surgery will have leaflets. Your hospital will have leaflets. Try your local church which could be a mine of helpful info. The SA leaflets are good, please read them.
Try to accept that no one else can get you "better". Only you can do that. Consider therapy and or counselling and consider whether or not you should pay privately.
Stroke does give waves of depression and I urge you to fight them off before they get a grip on you.
Yes it is depressing reading how bad things can be after stroke.
However, you survived, I survived, many do not. So we are the chosen ones.
All the issues you mention are common to many stroke survivors. But no two of us are the same. Every stroke is different.
Do ask and there is likely to be someone on here who will give advice. The best advice for me came from those who had had a stroke months and even years before mine. They were my angels.
I hereby promise that things will get better for you. This happens so slowly that you wont notice. But things do improve.
Please be positive. I have read thousands of posts and the positive SS are the ones with the best recoveries.
Please smile endlessly. Need not be a genuine smile. This is amazingly helpful.
And please, there are lots of us out here willing you forward. You are not alone.
Best wishes
Colin