Any feedback or experiences anyone can share? *At this point I'm
really torn about trying again, while on the other hand still not
necessarily ready to back down from the challenge. *Does this get
better? *Or worse?

I wouldn't back down . . . it took me a couple of instructors before I
found the right one for me. We all have different ways of learning
and it sounds like this instructor's style does not click with your
style of learning. There's nothing wrong with that, you just need to
find one that does.

Not to mention the fact that as a consumer of a service (flight
instruction) who is about to spend a lot of money learning to fly, you
have every right to shop around around until you find the best
provider of that service.