Isn't meditation part to train yourself out of this battle in the mind?
Anyways, i got nearly the same problem, but a bit different, and the only thing that helps ME is that 1) i count from 1 up to 10 and as much as i need, like when u breath in u count "one" when u breath out u count "one" then again, u breath in u count "two" u breath out u count "two" again and so on.
2) sometimes i do chant this "Om mani padme hum" dont remember what it means, but i read a book of Dalailama where was told that, if u got hard to focus when meditate, u can chant this, and it helps to, but i dont use it much, just tried few times, it kinda helped, hard to say, for me easier to count to 10
3) Sometimes, when counting doesn't helps, i try to focus on a word ( emptiness or maybe on more then just a word, a phrase, dunno varies.... ) or something, like a dot, imagination in my mind, its like an anchor*(? if i use the right word here ) but sometimes i just focus on breath or my heart ( to be more specific on a small light in my heart ).
Well that's all from me, hope it comes useful :p
and sorry for my bad English, hope u understand me.
