I use a similar keyboard layout, it took me a couple of weeks to get back to being able to competently type when I first started using it and now I wouldn't go back. It's not really any different to getting used to the fact that when you hold shift the 1 key inserts and exclamation mark instead, you probably don't consciously hold the shift key and then look around your keyboard trying to work out which key you need to hit.
If so - then it sounds even worse than learning vim arcane spells / motions and bindings.
Or are there any h/w alternatives to Optimus Maximus [0]?
[0] - https://www.artlebedev.com/optimus/maximus/