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I think what might help you, and many in general, is to step back a bit from Randori and shift to Nagekomi. If you aren't familiar with the term, it translates almost directly to "throwing practice", which isn't much help, but what it is is the bridge between static Uchikomi and fully resisting, live Randori. In Nagekomi, you usually throw each and every time with Uke giving you the level and type of resistance you need or want to work on. Let's say you wanted to work on Tai Otoshi (my current project), you might trade 5 throws in a row with your partner, as slow or as fast as you want but only as fast as you can go with really good technique. Then you start moving around the mat to introduce more realism, with Uke not really resisting but not giving it to you either. Doing the throws on the move is how they are actually done, and it changes the situation so very much, yet so many people try to jump straight from standing, un-resisting Uchikomi to full-strength Randori with no middle step.
You must do this part for a long, long time before they start to feel really effortless and natural (may take more than a few whole practice sessions) but it has dramatic effects on your comfort ability and allows you to slow down and zero in on the mistakes in your game that need to be overcome. This is a really good time to video yourself as well and review. You simply won't believe how clear your mistakes become when you sit down and watch yourself. "Holy crap, look at my feet placement", "WTF am I doing with my sleeve hand, it's just hanging there like a limp noodle!", "Oh I see, I'm getting way too close to Uke and jamming myself up!". Of course the best is to do this practice with someone who is great at that technique, who can feel what's off, explain it to you on the spot and show you how they do it right on their turn, and try to get you solving that issue before you're both too tired to continue. I have made what feels like months of progress on a throw in a night just doing this.
There's another term I cannot remember which also means a set defense or reaction for the Nagekomi as well. You can get Uke to play the whole time very bent over and defensive with the stiff-arms, or ask them to simply try to avoid without blocking, or even try to counter in a certain way. Maybe you let them get a certain grip on you that you have had trouble overcoming. This is very helpful if there's a defense or situation you have been brick-walling with.
Anyway, hopefully you can see the use in this. It just takes reps, reps, reps, and conscious development. I try not to go a single session without Nagekomi now, can't imagine going without it for the rest of my Judo career.
Here's some good Nagekomi on tape, the first one being one that I have been referencing for my Tai Otoshi work.
And of course, you can just do it back and forth trading throws as they come up, but that's typically more something to do at a higher level.
In any case, what I have heard from a few sensei's I really respect is that you get your most learning out of Nage Komi and "50%-60%" Randori than you do anything else. Just like you don't go all tournament spaz in regular rolling.